Saturday, June 21, 2008

A Day for Dada

Blago Bung! Enjoy this lively documentary, "Dada: An Alphabet of German Dadaism," as it attempts to discover what the hell they were thinking, what with all the lobster costumes and nonsense poetry.



Dada: An Alphabet of German Dadaism
1969
56:17

And here's a fun short from Germany called "Ghosts Before Breakfast," in which time flows mysteriously backwards and bowler hats give merry chase. Not ten years ago I had to make an appointment at the NYPL film archive to go and see this film in 16mm in a basement. Now I can watch it while lying in bed. I don't care what you say, the interweb is awesome.



Ghosts Before Breakfast (Vormittagsspuk)
Hans Richter
1928
6:31

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