Europe After the Rain: Dada and Surrealism

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Europe After the Rain: Dada and Surrealism (1978)

Directed by Mick Gold

Documentary · 1h 28m

Dada came out of the madness 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 every art form.

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Cast

Joan Bakewell Self - Presenter Simon Cadell Poetry Reciter Marcel Duchamp Self
M
Max Ernst Self Nickolas Grace Tristan Tzara Edward Petherbridge Poetry Reciter
D
Dennis Clinton Communist Party Representative Michael N. Harbour Andre Breton
K
Kurt Schwitters
R
Raoul Hausmann

Crew

Director
Mick Gold

Details

Release date
1978-01-01
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, French
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Arts Council of Great Britain