| Entr'acte | |
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| Directed by | René Clair |
| Produced by | Rolf de Maré |
| Starring | Jean Börlin Inge Frïss |
| Music by | Erik Satie |
| Cinematography | Jimmy Berliet |
| Distributed by | Société Nouvelle des Acacias |
| Release date(s) | Dec 4 1924 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Entr'acte is a 1924 French short film directed by René Clair, which premiered as an entr'acte for the Ballets Suédois production Relâche at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Relâche is based on a book and with settings by Francis Picabia, produced by Rolf de Maré, and with choreography by Jean Börlin. The music for both the ballet and the film was composed by Erik Satie.
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For this production, the Dadaists collaborating on the project invented a new mode of production: instantanéisme. The complete film takes about 20 minutes using such techniques as watching people run in slow motion, watching things happen in reverse, looking at a ballet dancer from underneath, watching an egg over a fountain of water get shot and instantly become a bird and watching people disappear. The cast included cameo appearances by Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Man Ray, and Marcel Duchamp. The conductor of the orchestra at the premiere was Roger Désormière.
The two parts of the film are as follows (note that time indications are approximate, since neither film nor music techniques at the time of the premiere allowed exact temporisation in a public performance):
In 1974, the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film is included on the Criterion Collection DVD of Clair's À Nous la Liberté (1931).
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