Anemic Cinema

IMDb link: 0123380
IMDb rating: 6.1 (1,968 votes)
Genres: Short
Director: Marcel Duchamp

Release date: 30 Aug 1926
Release year: 1926
Runtime: 7 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: avant garde, surrealism, dada, dadaist, circle, nihilism, abstract film

Plot:

A spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself.

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