Europe After the Rain

Overview

Dada came out of the craziness 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 Hollywood, advertising agencies and were turning up as TV humor and album covers.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1978

Original language

English

Production

Arts Council of Great Britain

Cast

Marcel Duchamp,Dennis Clinton,Raoul Hausmann,Max Ernst,Joan Bakewell,Simon Cadell,Nickolas Grace,Edward Petherbridge,Michael N. Harbour,Kurt Schwitters

Director

Mick Gold

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0077518