Movies: Man Ray

A collaboration between Man Ray and Henri Chomette,, half-brother of the filmmaker René Clair....

Mannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with masked faces play dice in a bar. They decide to drive to Paris. Country roads, hills, fences. The posh "cha...

Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films....

Short documentary by Man Ray on one his favorite subjects - bullfighting....

Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort...

A late period home movie with Man Ray and his lovely friend Juliet Browner lounging together in the US. Man Ray had returned to America when the Germans occupied France....

Produced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred artists, gallery owners and critics grimacing to the camera....

Home movie from Man Ray with a view of his home/gallery...

Home movie from Man Ray featuring dancer Jenny gyrating in black and white....

Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim....

A Man Ray documentary short on bullfighting....

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Man Ray shoots from a window on 31 bis rue Campagne-Première, in the heart of Montparnasse, where he rented a ground-floor studio....

It is a separate short film made using unused scenes in "Les Mystères du Château de Dé"....

Home Movies of Man Ray and Ady Fidelin from 1938. Presents a simple and intimate portrait of the man behind the artist. Compilation of ten Man Ray films: Ady, Dance, Juliet, Rue Campagne-Première, Corrida, Autoportrait ou Ce qui manque à nous tous, ...