L’Etoile de Mer (The Starfish)L’Etoile des Mer

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1920

Creator: Man Ray

Complete Record: This Man Ray film is based on a poem by French surrealist poet Robert Desnos (and stars Desnos as the second man). The film vaguely resembles Bunuel & Dali’s Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian DOG) in style and narrative - a man and woman meet, go for a walk along a beach and various dream-like things happen. The film has inter-titles of the poem in French and the film is silent. Shots: Shot of man and woman walking in park... into bedroom French titles between shots man holding starfish in a jar slow-motion starfish up close newspaper blowing down empty street fast shots from a train hazy cityscape starfish in jars spinning... different objects in circular motion on split screen more blurred shots of woman laying down, walking CU of hands with lines on palm drawn in in black ink starfish on stairs CU of woman’s face, sleeping