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Lettrisme

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

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Traite De Bave et D'Eternite [Treatise on Venom and Eternity] / Isou, Isidore ; Lemaitre M ; Cendrars B ; Cocteau J ; Devaux F., 1951 - 2008

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Identifier: CC-57493-10000786
Scope and Contents The documentation of this experimental lettriste film in the accompanying book was written by Frederique Devaux.Wikipedia: Treaty of drool and eternity is an experimental film French written and directed by Isidore Isou in 1951 , produced by Marc'O and mounted with the help of Maurice Lemaitre . Duration: 120 min. This is the first work of cinema Lettrist . This film caused a scandal at Cannes in 1951 and received the Prix Spectators Avant-Garde. This film is based on the principle Isou called discrepant assembly, which consists of a total disjunction between sound and image, processed independently without any meaningful relationship. Thus, the soundtrack consists of poems Lettrists (for generic and interludes), which is added a narrative telling the story of Daniel, author of a manifesto for a new cinema (the cinema discrepant) of his speech in front of a hostile audience and his love affair with a woman named Eve. The empowerment of its purpose to do to reach their full...
Dates: 1951 - 2008