Review and Analysis of French Dada Film: Entr'acte

Entr’acte The film Entr’acte, directed by Rene Clair in 1924, in many ways illustrates an important goal of the Dada movement. The second half of the film which involves a bourgeoisie funeral procession specifically depicts what the artists of the Dada movement were after. I suggest that the funeral procession scene, by it’s use of several camera techniques, draws the viewer into the frenzy of the film, a goal that the Dada artists …

…respects nothing except the desire to burst out laughing, for laughing, thinking and working are of equal value and are indispensable to each other.” -Francis Picabia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Clair, Rene. “Picabia, Satie and the First Night of Entr’acte.” Trans. Richard Jacques and Nicola Hayden. New York: Lorrimer Publishing Limited, 1970. 111, 112. McGerr, Celia. René Clair . Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980. 40 Shipe, Timothy. The International Dada Archive . U of Iowa Libraries. <http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/archive.html>