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entr’acte
…entr’acte (1924) is René Clair’s Dada-influenced 20-minute short, commissioned for the interval of Francis Picabia’s new ballet, Relâche, in Paris in 1924. The original music for the film was composed by the famous composer Erik Satie, who makes a cameo appearance along side surrealist photographer Man Ray… (link via philosopher, poet & friend ‘jean louis denis’)
the sea of pianos
… a short film about Marc Manceaux, the owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris… (link via professor ‘jean louis denis s’)
a cunning mouse went for a walk
anybody with children (and many without) will be familiar with the story of ‘the gruffalo’, here is a short behind the scenes documentary
based on the book written by ‘julia donaldson’ and illustrated by ‘axel scheffer’ the animated film was made in collaboration with talented animators studio soi and french composer ‘rené aubry’
god save the poster
lovely little promo film for an exhibition on the punk era & its heroes entitled god save the queen, created by dutch agency vanabbetotvessem for the centraal museum, using a series of sequenced still images shot in stop-motion then re-edited back together to acheive this pretty cool effect, nice work
(link via a’dam ad blog)