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Return to Reason | Emak bakia | L’étoile de mer | Les mystères du château du dé
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Janus Films
Directed by: Man Ray
The swirling surrealist dreams of Man Ray are high-water marks of 1920s avant-garde cinema, a nexus of cryptic themes, dark eroticism, and playful abstraction. Seemingly plucked from an unconscious realm, these four shorts—Le retour à la raison, Emak bakia, L’étoile de mer, and Les mystères du château du dé—find the visionary artist experimenting with the limitless possibilities of montage, superimposition, distortion, and even the application of objects directly onto celluloid. Set here to an ethereal score by the Jim Jarmusch–Carter Logan collaboration SQÜRL, these cine-poems are optical carnival rides that surprise, delight, and unsettle with each tantalizing frame.
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Return to Reason
Year: 1923
Time: 3
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
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Emak bakia
Year: 1926
Time: 18
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
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L’étoile de mer
Year: 1928
Time: 21
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
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Les mystères du château du dé
Year: 1929
Time: 27
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Streaming Options
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Video Presentation, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- Interview with Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, who form the avant-rock band SQÜRL
- Concert from 2023 featuring SQÜRL performing its semi-improvised score to Man Ray’s films
- Trailer
- An essay by author Mark Polizzotti
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