Review and Analysis of French Dada Film: Entr'acte

Entr’acte The film Entr’acte, directed by Rene Clair in 1924, in many ways illustrates an important goal of the Dada movement. The second half of the film which involves a bourgeoisie funeral procession specifically depicts what the artists of the Dada movement were after. I suggest that the funeral procession scene, by it’s use of several camera techniques, draws the viewer into the frenzy of the film, a goal that the Dada artists …showed first 75 words of 663 total…

…showed last 75 words of 663 total…respects nothing except the desire to burst out laughing, for laughing, thinking and working are of equal value and are indispensable to each other.” -Francis Picabia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Clair, Rene. “Picabia, Satie and the First Night of Entr’acte.” Trans. Richard Jacques and Nicola Hayden. New York: Lorrimer Publishing Limited, 1970. 111, 112. McGerr, Celia. René Clair . Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980. 40 Shipe, Timothy. The International Dada Archive . U of Iowa Libraries. <http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/archive.html>