Our movie and video library can only be streamed or downloaded by members only
Continue to watch for FREE ➞It takes less then 1 minute to Sign Up, then you can enjoy Unlimited Movies & TV titles.
Les chants de Maldoror 1978 Free Unlimited Access
A “reading film” of delirious image and text, Les chants de Maldoror takes its title and inspiration from Comte de Lautréamont’s 1869 proto-Surrealist poetic novel which, for instance, describes beauty as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table. In the novel’s six cantos, a young misanthrope indulges in depraved and destructive acts. Unexpected encounters abound, with turtles and birds joining Terayama’s regular cast of snails and dogs to wander over books and bare torsos. Feverish video processing posterizes, inverts and overlays images that are further colored by sound—pushing the limits of his literary adaptation. Terayama wrote that the only tombstone he wanted was his words, but, as Les chants de Maldoror demonstrates, words need not be confined to carved monuments or bound hardcopies.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Keiko Niitaka, Susumu Oono, Yoko Ran
Crew: Shūji Terayama (Director), Shūji Terayama (Writer), Akio Suzuki (Music), Comte de Lautréamont (Novel), Tatsuo Suzuki (Director of Photography)
Studio: Jinriki Hikoki Sha
Runtime: 30 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: Feb 02, 1978
Country: Japan
Language: No Language
