Entr'acte (1924) Short Film
An absolute dada movie. Somebody gets killed, his coffin gets out of control and after a chase it stops. The person gets out of it and let everybody who followed the coffin dissapear. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: René Clair
Written By: René Clair, Francis Picabia
Starring: Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Francis Picabia, Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss
Country: France
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Entr'acte belongs to 21 collections
1. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
2. Embedded Short Movie (collaborative: moderated by Vandelay1 - 61 stars)
3. Surreal (collaborative - 47 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
5. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (collaborative: moderated by rant1229 - 20 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
7. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
8. Available on Ubu.com (UbuWeb) (collaborative: moderated by Bullt - 13 stars)
9. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 11 stars)
10. Cinema Discusso Yearly Consensus (2008) (public: PeaceAnarchy - 10 stars)
11. Fantastic and surreal (public: juandr - 9 stars)
12. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
13. Brief Encounters (collaborative - 3 stars)
14. 501 Movie Directors (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 3 stars)
15. Little to no plot (collaborative: moderated by juandr - 3 stars)
16. Dreamlike (public: juandr - 2 stars)
17. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
18. Films to get (public: Scelsi)
19. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 25 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
20. Urban Cinematics (book) (public: Ag0stoMesmer)
21. C-Short (public: cantahta)
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| Feb 21, 2022 |  |
ott | 70 57th |
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picabia is cuute
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| Sep 24, 2021 | onyedi | 0 1st |
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Well, anybody who calls this art and claims to enjoy watching it is a pathetic conformist that has no courage to tell the truth. 20th century have seen many untalented idiots who claimed to find a "new way of art", in fact they were just unable to produce great art like their ancestors did and produced some meaningless, empty products instead.
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| Sep 08, 2021 |  |
moraesfelipe | 75 80th |
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Rollercoaster crazy sequence might be the best part of me. It plays like a surrealist essay on a bunch of urban themes, everything filtered by pure movement, action and images dancing like in a cinematic dream.
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| Nov 15, 2018 |  |
uvlalid | 55 31st |
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Not sure if I just witnessed art or got trolled for 20 minutes. Seemed more like a music video now that I think about it. Wouldn't recommend watching this one whilst tripping balls, it became quite hectic and deranged towards the end. Music scored by Satie (who also stars in the first portion) synchronized very fittingly with the film though, and you get to see 20's gentlemen skipping to the beat, so there's that.
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| Sep 10, 2016 |  |
Anomaly | 72 53rd |
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Has a sense of humor about itself, which really helps to get over some of the inherent weirdness of dadaism. Some of the juxtaposition is brilliant. But it gets a bit repetitious, and is hard to enjoy the entire time.
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| Feb 07, 2016 |  |
Darren | 75 65th |
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This stuff isn't really my thing but it is a fun watch.
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| Feb 01, 2016 |  |
Seethruskin | 5 80th |
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The chase sequence was great. Amazing music.
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| Nov 22, 2015 |  |
dardan | 72 77th |
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Trying to achieve a true state of nonsense with such an intent behind it, lacking the existential fuckery of that german beer commercial shortmean, it's nonsense. But nonsense can be fun too, even though this film doesn't really show it.
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| Apr 23, 2015 |  |
Heliophage | 35 51st |
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More nonsensical than clever, though I can see how it would work in context, bringing a dose of heightened absurdity to the middle third of an already Dadaist ballet. Honestly, though, I think I was more interested in Satie's boisterous and often humorous score than anything happening onscreen (you can appreciate it better in more modern audio recordings than the ones usually attached to the film, and you usually get it in the context of the full ballet score that way).
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| Feb 05, 2015 |  |
lisa- | 5 70th |
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wasn't into it to begin with, but the chase sequence was thrilling. perhaps about the irrevocable forward momentum that encapsulates all forms of modern life. still, i find it difficult to appreciate surrealism as much as other forms of abstraction, because it's so constantly trying to say things and subvert your expectations that it can be difficult to enjoy on a purely aesthetic level. the best experiments work the other way around. this is definitely one of the best surrealist films though.
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| Mar 09, 2014 |  |
Vdecraim | 75 57th |
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What started off as a silly comedic piece, one of the thousands from the silent area, became something more in the end. One of those films that we enjoy tremendously, yet we never know what it was all about. The music is fitting as well.
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| Dec 08, 2013 |  |
Neonman | 86 83rd |
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A fun ride. Full of exciting cinematic trickery. Also worth reading too deeply into.
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| Jul 04, 2013 |  |
karamazov. | 60 80th |
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Beautiful, fun, surreal film. Haven't seen this for a while.
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| May 22, 2013 | Nepeta | 70 44th |
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The music did my head in. The images were nice though, kinda fun.
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| Jan 19, 2012 |  |
mwgerb | 58 61st |
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Well, that was just absurd and hilarious. Maybe Dadaism and surrealism works best when it's in the pursuit of fun. Great music and great conclusion.
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| Oct 11, 2010 |  |
Stain | 50 33rd |
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Not as fun or as interesting as other pieces of Dada cinema I have witnessed
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| Sep 23, 2010 |  |
DavidBlast | 80 80th |
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While it's not storytelling at it's most gripping, this is experimental film making at it's most playful, something every cinephile should wholeheartedly support. Watch here: http://www.ubu.com/film/clair_entracte.html
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| Aug 07, 2010 |  |
prowler | 94 97th |
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men in top hats skipping in slow motion = the best
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| Nov 27, 2009 |  |
gork | 68 55th |
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A fun surrealist short but I wouldn't recommend it as a movie itself. Treat it as a music video for Satie's great composition, it will work better this way.
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| Nov 19, 2008 |  |
joseywales | 75 73rd |
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Don't mess with people in coffins!
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| Jul 09, 2008 |  |
Suture Self | 7 67th |
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Stupid fun.
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| Feb 11, 2008 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 80 61st |
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A pretty fun surrealist film.
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| Feb 04, 2008 |  |
Magb | 90 85th |
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It was nice to watch some fun Surrealism again after those ponderous Maya Deren films. This film is pure nonsense, yet it's full of great imagery and paced like a regular movie, which makes it very engrossing. Great music, too, and it gets wonderfully seizure-enducing at the end.
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| Sep 25, 2007 |  |
tonydal | 20 2nd |
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Oooohh...I'm an artist. Love me.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Moribunny | 75 84th |
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A classic of Dada filmmaking, with a screenplay by Francis Picabia, beautiful music by Erik Satie and a cast including such giants as Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and Darius Milhaud. And they're chasing a coffin (you heared it).
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| Apr 08, 2007 |  |
Spunkie | 80 94th |
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With one of first minimalist musicians Eric Satie, this short has tremendous visual exploration. Meaningless, but aesthatically justified events happen one after another. Slo-mo human motion, sunlight-burnt visual explorations that resembles videoart, a film band twisted with every prehistorical technique of cinema. Hilarious and fun.
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| Average Percentile 61% from 342 Ratings |  |