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01/01/1978 Documentary 1h 28m
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Overview

Dada came out of the craziness of World War One. "The birth of Dada was not the beginning of art but of disgust." Surrealism tried to systematize Dada's anarchy into an artistic blend of Freudian psychoanalysis and Marxist provocation. In the interests of conquering the irrational, Salvador Dali opened exhibitions dressed in a diving suit, Marcel Duchamp turned himself into woman, Benjamin Peret assaulted priests, and Yves Tanguy ate spiders. Andre Breton, nicknamed "the Pope of Surrealism", led an inspired gang of artists, lunatics and writers. By the 1950s they were denouncing each other for betraying the movement, but their ideas had infected Hollywood, advertising agencies and were turning up as TV humor and album covers.

  1. Mick Gold

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joan Bakewell

    Self - Presenter

  2. Simon Cadell

    Poetry Reciter

  3. Marcel Duchamp

    Self

  4. Max Ernst

    Self

  5. Nickolas Grace

    Tristan Tzara

  6. Edward Petherbridge

    Poetry Reciter

  7. Dennis Clinton

    Communist Party Representative

  8. Michael N. Harbour

    Andre Breton

  9. Kurt Schwitters

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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