Le Ballet Mecanique 1924

Ballet mécanique (France 1924, black and white, color, 16m at 18 fps); director: Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy; screenplay: Fernand Léger; photography: Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Man Ray; music: Georges Antheil. Charlot, disarticulated silhouette, presents the mechanical ballet. A woman rocks on the swing in the garden. In a neutral space, objects burst: a straw hat, some numbers, bottles of wine, a white triangle. Kiki s lips shine, as big as the frame. Discs and reflective spheres rotate and oscillat