Erik Satie/René Clair: Entr'Acte (1924)

René Clair (1898-1981)/ Erik Satie (1866-1925): Entr'Acte (1924).

Entr'acte (1924) is a short film directed by René Clair, which premiered as an entr'acte for the Ballets Suédois production Relâche at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Relâche is based on a book and with settings by Francis Picabia, produced by Rolf de Maré, and with choreography by Jean Börlin. The music for both the ballet and the film was composed by Erik Satie.
For this production, the Dadaists collaborating on the project invented a new mode of production: instantanéisme. The complete film takes about 20 minutes using such techniques as watching people run in slow motion, watching things happen in reverse, looking at a ballet dancer from underneath, watching an egg over a fountain of water get shot and instantly become a bird and watching people disappear. The cast included cameo appearances by Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Man Ray, and Marcel Duchamp. The conductor of the orchestra at the premiere was Roger Désormière.
In this (definitive) edition the soundtrack was conducted in 1967 by Henri Sauguet.

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[voidforpurpose]

Kandinsky with a camera... giving eidetic hints it took thirty years for the rest of Film to digest.

This and AN ANDALUSIAN DOG make a good double bill.

[hahaits]

Is this Rene Clair Liberty for us??

[rbbonotto]

Ah -- apologies. The filmmakers used part of the ballet music in the beginning and then switched over to the 'genuine' score a couple of minutes in~ sorry about that.

[rbbonotto]

Once again -- they paired up the wrong music.

This is the music for the *ballet* Relache, but Satie wrote a specific 20-minute piece meant to accompany the *film.* -- the real soundtrack of this was once released on Vox records and casettes 20 years ago --- I don't know if it's been recorded again since. (It probably has.) The Vox recording took longer than 20 minutes, unfortunately, so it doesn't "line up" the way it ought to.

[DavidovVII]

Waaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

Am I dreaming?