Hans Richter, painter, graphic artist was one of the original members of the Dada movement, he made this film in 1947, and it won the best original contribution to the progress of cinematography at the Biennale in Venice.
Richter's goal was to bring the avant -garde out of the museum and into the movie house and the end result in my opinion is utterly fantastic.It's more Surrealist than Dada and deals with the world of dreams. Joe, a young man down on his luck, as he wonders how to pay his rent, discovers he has the power to create dreams,("if you can look inside yourself, you can look inside anyone!") and sets up a business selling them to others.
The film is broken down into episodes, with collaborations from a varied cast including Man Ray, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Darius Mihaud, Alexander Calder, blues singer Josh White and notorious bisexual torch singer (and black widow suspect) Libby Holman.
The film itself turns playful, hypnotic, satirical, charming and nightmarish, but the musical backing, is simply amazing.
The film was produced by Kenneth MacPherson and Peggy Guggenheim.
Dada as the Antidote to war and Capitalism :-
http://www.wilderutopia.com/performance/film/dada-as-the-antidote-to-war-and-capitalism/
More on Richter and his films here :-
http://thesilverscreensurfer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-dada-films-of-hans-richter.html
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