La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported)
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La Coquille et le Clergyman is a 1928 avant-garde surrealist film directed by Germaine Dulac, often cited as a precursor to Buñuel and Dalí’s Un Chien Andalou.
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| La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported) Context triple: [Charles de Noailles, notableWork, La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported)]
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Portraits of Jean Cocteau
Portraits of Jean Cocteau is a series of avant-garde photographic portraits of the French writer and artist Jean Cocteau created by the influential surrealist photographer Man Ray.
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Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
Jean Cocteau’s film *Orphée* is a 1950 French cinematic reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth that blends surrealist imagery, poetic dialogue, and modern settings to explore themes of death, art, and the subconscious.
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The Renoir cinema
The Renoir cinema is an art-house movie theater in London known for showcasing independent, foreign, and classic films.
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Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
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E.
Leos Carax filmography
Leos Carax filmography is the body of work directed by the French filmmaker Leos Carax, known for his visually inventive, emotionally intense, and often surreal films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported) Target entity description: La Coquille et le Clergyman is a 1928 avant-garde surrealist film directed by Germaine Dulac, often cited as a precursor to Buñuel and Dalí’s Un Chien Andalou.
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A.
Portraits of Jean Cocteau
Portraits of Jean Cocteau is a series of avant-garde photographic portraits of the French writer and artist Jean Cocteau created by the influential surrealist photographer Man Ray.
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B.
Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
Jean Cocteau’s film *Orphée* is a 1950 French cinematic reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth that blends surrealist imagery, poetic dialogue, and modern settings to explore themes of death, art, and the subconscious.
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C.
The Renoir cinema
The Renoir cinema is an art-house movie theater in London known for showcasing independent, foreign, and classic films.
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D.
Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
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E.
Leos Carax filmography
Leos Carax filmography is the body of work directed by the French filmmaker Leos Carax, known for his visually inventive, emotionally intense, and often surreal films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| basedOn | scenario by Antonin Artaud ⓘ |
| cinematicTechnique |
montage
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superimposition ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Germaine Dulac ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde cinema
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experimental film ⓘ surrealist cinema ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasDirectorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
desire
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hallucination ⓘ power ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
The Seashell and the Clergyman
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linked to:
La Coquille et le Clergyman
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| inception | 1928 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Un Chien Andalou
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linked to:
film Un Chien Andalou
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| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| isConsidered | precursor to Un Chien Andalou ⓘ |
| isSilentFilm | true ⓘ |
| movement |
French avant-garde
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surrealism ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the first surrealist films ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early cinematic surrealism
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use of dreamlike imagery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| productionType | independent film ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| runtimeApprox | 40 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Antonin Artaud ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn | film studies ⓘ |
| subjectOf | academic analysis of surrealist cinema ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
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Charles de Noailles
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notableWork
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La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported)
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