Dadascope

Hans Richter
1961-01-01


7.4
40 min

Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed footage, play with shadows and light, billiards and dice and balloons-- suggestive and surreal images. Tenets of Dada writing, such as games of chance, punnery, wordplay and loud nonsense noise are foist upon the viewer as Dada poems are read / performed by their orignal authors.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jean Arp Voiceover Unowned
Marcel Duchamp Self / Voiceover Unowned
Raoul Hausmann Voiceover Unowned
Richard Huelsenbeck Voiceover Unowned
Marcel Janco Voiceover Unowned
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes Voiceover Unowned
Walter Mehring Voiceover Unowned
Man Ray Voiceover (archive audio) Unowned
Kurt Schwitters Voiceover (archive audio) Unowned
Tristan Tzara Voiceover Unowned
Wladimir Vogel Voiceover Unowned