Ghosts Before Breakfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTwL54u7cSw (a link to Ghosts Before Breakfast)

Although most of the Dadaist works shown in class are still images or possibly GIFs, the Dada movement encompassed a vast range of media, from sound media to movies. One such film was Ghosts Before Breakfast, released in 1928 in Germany. Directed by avant-gardist Hans Richter, the sound is minimalist and disorienting, and the storyline and visuals are seemingly incoherent. Nonetheless, I found it very curious and even unsettling. Although not an extraordinarily well known film, it seemed highly relevant to our work in class.

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