DISQUE 957

by Germaine DULAC

1928 / 16 mm / n&b / sil / 6' 00

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This film has been digitized with the support of the Ministry of Culture, during the 2008 digitization plan. An excerpt is available online. The full movie is viewable in our documentation center.

Dulac’s three 1929 “abstract” films, Disque 957, Αrabesques, and Themes and Variations, were the results of a long period of reflection by the filmmaker, who sought to create a “pure” or “integral” cinema that would capture the essence of the new medium and owe nothing to the other arts. Each of these three studies was designed to be played silent. The first one, Disque 957, is conceived of as a “visual impression […] in listening to Frédéric Chopin’s Preludes n. 5 and 6”. Its title and its opening shot of lightplay on a spinning record not only announce the film’s dominant cyclical motif, but also evoke one of the filmmaker’s major sources of inspiration in Loie Fuller’s serpentine dances.

2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION

distribution format	16 mm 1 reel (66 meters)
speed	18 ips
screen	1,37 - standard
sound	sil
rental fee	26,00 €

distribution format	16 mm 1 reel (66 meters)
speed	18 ips
screen	1,37 - standard
sound	sil
rental fee	26,00 €

FUTURE SCREENINGS

date	place	city	country	agenda

10/03/2012	The Danish Film Institute/Cinematheque	Copenhague	DANEMARK	détails
17/03/2012	Bibliothèque du Cinéma François Truffaut	Paris	FRANCE	détails
25/03/2012	The Danish Film Institute/Cinematheque	Copenhague	DANEMARK	détails

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DISQUE 957

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