DUCHAMP PGM 5: ANÉMIC CINÉMA
"Marcel Duchamp's ANÉMIC CINÉMA has fascinated audiences ever since it was first screened 100 years ago. The film alternates between rotoreliefs (spinning discs that create an illusion of three-dimensional space) and naughty French puns (which Man Ray called 'delicious pornographic anagrams'). Duchamp himself released a spiritual successor to ANÉMIC CINÉMA in 1947 called DISCS, which incorporates numerous elements that aren't present in the original film, including color, music, and live action re-creations of Duchamp paintings, such as 'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2' (1912). Around the same time, someone released a mysterious version of ANÉMIC CINÉMA that includes added footage of a young woman and a sequence from a canonical narrative film of the 1920s. (Duchamp claims that he had nothing to do with this version of the film – but can we trust him?) And in recent decades, ANÉMIC CINÉMA has inspired countless experimental films, including works by Peggy Ahwesh, Gustav Deutsch, and Siegfried Fruhauf. Duchamp's discs continue to spin…" –Justin Remes Marcel Duchamp & Man Ray ANÉMIC CINÉMA 1926, 7 min, 35mm, silent Marcel Duchamp DISCS 1947, 4 min, 16mm-to-DCP Ernst Schmidt, Jr. A SUB-HISTORY OF FILM / EINE SUBGESCHICHTE DES FILMS 1974, 2 min, 16mm-to-DCP, silent Paolo Gioli IMAGES OVERTAKEN BY THE WHEEL OF DUCHAMP / IMMAGINI TRAVOLTE DALLA RUOTA DI DUCHAMP 1994, 12.5 min, 16mm-to-DCP Peggy Ahwesh THE VISION MACHINE 1997, 20 min, 16mm-to-digital Gustav Deutsch FILM IS. A BLINK OF AN EYE / FILM IST. EIN AUGENBLICK 1998, 4 min, 16mm-to-DCP Siegfried Fruhauf THORAX 2019, 8 min, DCP Siegfried Fruhauf BALLET ANÉMIC 2022, 6 min, DCP, silent Marcel Duchamp & Man Ray ANÉMIC CINÉMA #2 [alternate version] 1924-63, 9 min, 35mm-to-digital