Dada

Synopsis

The history and nature of the Dadaist movements in modern art and literature are explained by the words and works of various artists, including Max Ernst, Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Gabriele Picabia-Buffet. Includes a recreated stage production from the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, where Dada was born in 1916, as well as re-enacted scenes of the movement’s arrival in Paris and Tristan Tzara’s creation of a Dada poem.

Language

English

Country

Belgium

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Year of production

1976

Availability

Out of distribution

Notes

Note: Much of the film’s commentary is in French and German without subtitles.

Uses

1st & 2nd-year history of art.*

Subjects

Drama; English language and literature

Keywords

Dadaism; painters

Credits

Director

Serge Lovrix

Production Company

Name

Procine (Belgium) for Ministry of National Education

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

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Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

Name

Patterson (Edward) Associates

Phone

01303 264195

Fax

01303 264195

Address

Treetops
Cannongate Road
HYTHE
Kent
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