
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
2024 · Movie · 69 min · ★ 6.3
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and musician Carter Logan’s band SQÜRL soundtrack four silent short films by the surrealist Man Ray. As SQÜRL’s cosmic score plays, Return to Reason (1923), Emak-Bakia (1926), L’Étoile de mer (1929), and Les Mystères du château de Dé (1927) form one unique piece.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-05-03
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 69 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (4 votes)
Themes
- surrealism
- avant-garde
- silent film
- short compilation
- dadaism
- experimental cinema
Cast & crew

Kiki of Montparnasse
as The Woman / The Girl With The Painted Eyes / Nude Torso
- AR
André de la Rivière
as The Man

Robert Desnos
as The Other Man
- JR
Jacques Rigaut
- JB
Jacques-André Boiffard

Man Ray
as Self

Georges Auric
as Self (uncredited)
Directed by Man Ray