美麗的城市所引發的想像彷彿是無窮無盡。把巴黎哄入睡，剩下的會是怎麼的景象？Clair的首部作品誠然是天方夜譚，大城內萬物皆靜，唯獨小人物能自由行走，後果是一段奇妙旅程還是一團糟？
What
an idea, the whole of Paris enchanted by sleep, except
for those in the air. 'Paris Qui Dort' is the first
feature film of the great French film director, René
Clair, and also – although it was not seen as such
at the time - the first ever science-fiction movie.
By placing the picture-postcard Paris in a fantastical
context; by emphasising the hidden geometry of the
city and its buildings; by showing a city, built by
people for people, without people, Clair suggests a
sublimely suspended dream place, where people never grow old.
同場加映Addictional
Screening：間奏曲Entr'acte
(Dir:
雲尼奇亞Rene Clair / France/ 1924 / 22 mins / 35 mm / 黑白B&W/ 默片 Silent )
短片中的經典。這齣超現實主象的代表作，不但影響到之後的布紐爾、Maya Dara 和Dali，更留下了不少iconic的場口：由下而上的芭蕾舞鏡頭、飛過巴黎上空的紙船，甚至乎Man
Ray在屋頂下棋、Marcel Duchamp的客串演出，一連串看似毫不相干的超現實影像，實驗了速度、慢鏡、溶鏡等電影技法，直接掀起了20年代的超現實浪潮。
Originally
played as an intermission with no sound, this film
is now a must for any fan/historian of fine art. The
film is a surrealistic concoction of unrelated images,
reflecting Clair's interest in Dada, a fashionable
radical approach to visual art which relied on experimentation
and surreal expressionism. Featuring cameos by Man
Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and other notables. As unusual
as it is to watch a film with no sound, the images
created by the artists provide an extremely unique
experience for the viewer.
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