Le Retour à la raison

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Le Retour à la Raison

Directed by	Man Ray
Produced by	Man Ray
Starring	Kiki of Montparnasse
Release date	1923 (1923) (France)
Running time	3 minutes
Country	France

Le Retour à la raison (French for Return to Reason) is a 1923 short film directed by Man Ray. It consists of animated textures, rayographs and the torso of Kiki of Montparnasse.^[1]

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Return to Reason (1923)

The film features a small segment with Ray's work Dancer/Danger. The film is described as follows:"consists of moving geometric designs, intercut with distorted night shots of a merry-go-round, then moving three dimensional shapes, and closing with the play of bars of light on a woman's nude torso. It was an experiment in abstract expressionism that inspired other directors."^[2]

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"Acquiring a roll of a hundred feet of film, I went into my darkroom and cut up the material into short lengths, pinning them down on the worktable. On some strips I sprinkled salt and pepper, like a cook preparing a roast, on other strips I threw pins and thumbtacks at random; then I turned on the white light for a second or two, as I had done for my still Rayographs. Then I carefully lifted the film off the table, shaking off the debris, and developed it in my tanks. The next morning, when dry, I examined the work; the salt, pins and tacks were perfectly reproduced." explained Man Ray, in Self-Portrait.^[3]^{[self-published source?]}

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^ "Le Retour à la raison". MoMa.
^ "Flicks - April 2001". 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ Khoshbakht, Ehsan (7 December 2009). "Notes On Cinematograph: Retour à la raison (1923)". Notes On Cinematograph. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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Le Retour à la Raison at IMDb

v t e Man Ray
Photographs	Le Violon d'Ingres (1924) Noire et Blanche (1926) Larmes (1930–1932) Portrait of a Tearful Woman (1936)
Portfolios	Électricité (1931)
Sculptures	The Gift (1921) Object to Be Destroyed (1923)
Films	Le Retour à la raison (1923) Emak Bakia (1926) L'Étoile de mer (1928) Les Mystères du Château du Dé (1929) Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947, co-wrote)
Family and relationships	Juliet Man Ray (wife) Lee Miller (photographic assistant and lover) Kiki de Montparnasse (model and lover) Méret Oppenheim (model)

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