La Coquille et le Clergyman
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La Coquille et le Clergyman is a 1928 French avant-garde silent film, often cited as one of the first surrealist films, directed by Germaine Dulac from a scenario by Antonin Artaud.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Coquille et le Clergyman canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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avant-garde film ⓘ film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty ideas
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surrealism ⓘ |
| basedOn | original scenario by Antonin Artaud ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | a clergyman ⓘ |
| centralMotif | a seashell ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Parguel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Germaine Dulac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | limited art-house and cine-club screenings ⓘ |
| editedBy | Germaine Dulac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| filmMovement | French avant-garde cinema ⓘ |
| filmTechnique |
nonlinear narrative
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rapid montage ⓘ superimpositions ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| format | silent ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde
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experimental film ⓘ surrealist ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of cinematic surrealism
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important work in Germaine Dulac's filmography ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| notableFor | being cited as one of the first surrealist films ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Société des Films Mervil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1928-02-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 31 ⓘ |
| scenarioBy | Antonin Artaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenplayConflict | creative disagreements between Germaine Dulac and Antonin Artaud ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Antonin Artaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | dreamlike, hallucinatory environments ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Alex Allin
NERFINISHED
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Genica Athanasiou NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucien Bataille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
desire
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power ⓘ religion ⓘ unconscious mind ⓘ |
| title | La Coquille et le Clergyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Seashell and the Clergyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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