Coming Attractions

Peter Tscherkassky's Coming Attractions is a sly, sartorial comedy that masterfully mines the relationship between early cinema and the avant-garde by way of fifties-era advertising. With references to Méliès, Lumières, Cocteau, Léger, Chomette and Persil laundry detergent, the film explores cinema's subliminal possibilities using an impressive arsenal of techniques, like solarization, optical printing and multiple exposures. (MUBI)