RETURN TO REASON: FOUR FILMS BY MAN RAY

The swirling surrealist dreams of Man Ray are high-water marks of 1920s avant-garde cinema, a nexus of cryptic themes, dark eroticism, and playful abstraction. Seemingly plucked from an unconscious realm, these four shorts-Le retour la raison, Emak bakia, L' toile de mer, and Les myst res du ch teau du d -find the visionary artist experimenting with the limitless possibilities of montage, superimposition, distortion, and even the application of objects directly onto celluloid. Set here to an ethereal score by the Jim Jarmusch-Carter Logan collaboration SQ RL, these cine-poems are optical carnival rides that surprise, delight, and unsettle with each tantalizing frame. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations of all four films, featuring a score by SQ RL presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio Interview with Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, who form the avant-rock band SQ RL Concert from 2023 featuring SQ RL performing its semi-improvised score to Man Ray's films Trailer PLUS: An essay by author Mark Polizzotti