Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

May 3, 2024

1h 10m

★ 7.5

New restoration of four films by Man Ray

Overview

An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Womanray

Cinenovo

Film Constellation

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray Trailers

Cast

Kiki of Montparnasse

André de la Rivière

Robert Desnos

Jacques Rigaut

Jacques-André Boiffard

Henry, a struggling Greenwhich Villiage artist, accidentally finds an invitation to Louise Gordon's coming out party. He goes to the party, falls in love with the pretty socialite, but soon decides to leave as he realizes his financial situation is not up to standards. An old friend recognizes him and encourages Henry into lying that he is a successful businessman.

7.2

Wings

Aug 12, 1927

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

6.8

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

Oct 1, 1923

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

6.1

The Avenging Conscience

Aug 2, 1914

Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark as he dwells on ways to deal with his uncle. Becoming convinced that murder is merely a natural part of life, he kills his uncle and hides the body. However, the man's conscience awakens; paranoia sets in and nightmarish visions begin to haunt him.

6.5

The Ace of Hearts

Sep 17, 1921

A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.

7.5

I Was Born, But...

Jun 3, 1932

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.

7.1

Sir Arne's Treasure

Sep 18, 1919

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

0.0

Hermit Crab

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A recently divorced office worker longs for the quiet embrace of solitude, which seems impossible to attain in the clamor of an indifferent world.

0.0

The Eternal Sin

Mar 15, 1917

Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is killed by five conspirators, the fathers of Gennaro's dearest friends, Lucretia tortures the old men to death. Later, Gennaro and his companions journey to Lucretia's domain, and she sees her son for the first time. The Duke, who believes him to be her lover, poisons him, but Lucretia administers the antidote in time and saves his life. Then she schemes to poison her sons' five friends for their fathers' mistake.

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5.0

Los opositores

May 18, 1960

No overview available.

0.0

Martin Eden

Aug 16, 1914

A sad story about how a working-class man tries, and succeeds, to become a writer, but finds difficulty in fitting into that world.

7.7

On the Silver Globe

Feb 10, 1989

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

6.7

Performance

Aug 3, 1970

In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.

6.7

The Boston Strangler

Oct 8, 1968

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.

5.2

Mr. Freedom

Jan 8, 1969

Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. A destructive, arrogant patriot in tight pants, Freedom joins forces with Marie Madeleine to combat lefty freethinkers, as well as the insidious evildoers Moujik Man and inflatable Red China Man, culminating in a star-spangled showdown.

0.0

Basorexia

Aug 12, 2017

A young artist is caught in between the world of fantasy and reality. There he finds a girl that he can't understand, explain, or identify.

6.6

The Racket

Nov 1, 1928

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

2.3

Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde

Jan 6, 2003

Dr. Jackie Stevenson is a Los Angeles based therapist and scientist who tries to invent a serum to separate the pure from the lustful side of the female psychosis. After she has an unsuccessful experiment with a female client named Martine, which drove her patient to insanity and to a mental hospital, Jackie tries part of the serum on herself and becomes her lustful alter ego Heidi Hyde; a voracious lesbian who prowls the streets of L.A. after dark looking for carnal pleasures.

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0.0

The Gentleman Bushranger

Dec 26, 1921

An Englishman, is travelling to Australia on a ship. He is falsely accused of murdering the ship's captain and arrested.

5.0

Carmen

Sep 15, 1921