Le Ballet mécanique [version Moritz]
1923 - 1924
Le Ballet mécanique [version Moritz]
1923 - 1924
In the early 1920s, Fernand Léger came to have doubts about painting and turned to film and the moving image. There are recurrent preoccupations, however, that appear. Ballet mécanique has no scenario, no narrative logic, rapid cutting being used to bring about the collision of different points of view and different objects, the image being further dislocated by the close-ups on fragments and details and the use of mattes and prisms to produce kaleidoscopic effects. In both film and paintings one thus finds uncontrollable and abstract mechanical rhythms animating both objects and figures.
| Domain | Cinéma | Film |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Film cinématographique 35 mm noir et blanc coloré, sonorisé |
| Acquisition | Achat, 1997 |
| Inventory no. | AM 1997-F1389 |
| Is part of the set |
Le Ballet mécanique (Dissociable set of artworks) |
On display:
Museum, level 4, Film, video, sound, digital works area
Detailed description
| Artists | Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy | |
|---|---|---|
| Main title | Le Ballet mécanique [version Moritz] | |
| Creation date | 1923 - 1924 | |
| Is part of the set | Le Ballet mécanique (Dissociable set of artworks) 1923-1924 | |
| With | Co-réalisation : Dudley Murphy Collaboration : Man Ray Musique : George Antheil | |
| Domain | Cinéma | Film | |
| Techniques | Film cinématographique 35 mm noir et blanc coloré, sonorisé | |
| Design stage | Reconstitution William Moritz | |
| Acquisition | Achat, 1997 | |
| Collection area | Cinéma | |
| Inventory no. | AM 1997-F1389 |
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