Ballet Mécanique (Charlot présente le ballet mécanique) (1924)

1001 Movies ... my own version (1920's) (52 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, even though I had heard of Fernand Léger before, I have to admit that I didn’t know much about his work though. Anyway, he was mostly famous as an abstract painter, mostly cubism, but, at some point, he also delivered such experimental surrealist movies. I also watched recently ‘Anémic Cinéma’, another experimental short from the same time period made this time by Marcel Duchamp, and while I greatly admired Duchamp’s short, the only issue I had was that it was t"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, even though I had heard of Fernand Léger before, I have to admit that I didn’t know much about his work though. Anyway, he was mostly famous as an abstract painter, mostly cubism, but, at some point, he also delivered such experimental surrealist movies. I also watched recently ‘Anémic Cinéma’, another experimental short from the same time period made this time by Marcel Duchamp, and while I greatly admired Duchamp’s short, the only issue I had was that it was t"

A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, even though I had heard of Fernand Léger before, I have to admit that I didn’t know much about his work though. Anyway, he was mostly famous as an abstract painter, mostly cubism, but, at some point, he also delivered such experimental surrealist movies. Yesterday, I also watched ‘Anémic Cinéma’, another experimental short from the same time period made this time by Marcel Duchamp, and while I greatly admired Duchamp’s short, the only issue I had was that it was too repetitive. Well, with Léger’s short, it was actually exactly the opposite. Indeed, even though there was some repetition, most of it was just really ra” read more

Watched in 2022 (603 movies items)

"29.3. YouTube"

Film Diary 2020 (78 movies items)

"10.2 "

Film Journal 2018 (179 movies items)

"I kind of hate caleidoscopic imagery even though it fits with the theme of mechanics and constructs visible here, ergo me not entirely falling head-over-heels in love with this wonderful short. The thing about short films is that they're a package: A title, images, sound. And that title is very relevant in short films. It sets all manner of expectations and due to the length of the film in question, those expectations will probably shadow you throughout your entire viewing experience. As such, "

Fantastic Films of the Pre-'60's (64 movies items)

"Directed by: Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy "