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Montparnasse

1929 · 17 min

A dreamy, fragmentary stroll through a bohemian quarter, more a mood than a story, rewarding patient eyes with fleeting faces and café life.

Directed by
Eugène Deslaw
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Luis Buñuel, Fujita, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Overview
Come take an avant-garde walk in the Montparnasse of the late 1920's. This district of Paris, filmed in a most unusual way, shows how dedicated it is to art. Visit its art galleries and exhibitions, take a glimpse of famous painter Fujita, of Luis Buñuel eyeing the legs of beautiful Parisian passing the terrace of the café where he sits, of Italian futurists Marinetti, Prampolini and Russolo.

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Directed by
Eugène Deslaw
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Luis Buñuel, Fujita, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
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    • art
    • celebrity
    • identity
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    • big city
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    period
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • nonlinear
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    Humour2
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    Complexity6
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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Eugène Deslaw
    Starring
    Luis Buñuel, Fujita, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Enrico Prampolini, Luigi Russolo
    Runtime
    17 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    No Language

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