- Emak-Bakia
Infobox_Film
name=Emak-Bakia (Leave me alone)
director=Man Ray
producer=Man Ray
writer=Man Ray
starring=Man Ray
Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin )Jacques Rigaut
released=flagicon|FranceFrance 1926
runtime=19 min.
imdb_id=0125073"Emak-Bakia" (Basque for "Leave me alone") is a 1926
film directed byMan Ray . Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many filming techniques used by Man Ray, includingRayographs , double exposures, soft focus and ambiguous features.ynopsis
Emak-Bakia shows elements of fluid mechanical motion in parts, rotating artifacts showing his ideas of everyday objects being extended and rendered useless. Kiki of Montparnasse (
Alice Prin ) is shown driving a car in a scene through a town. Towards the middle of the filmJacques Rigaut appears dressed in female clothing and make-up. Later in the film a caption appearsLa raison de cette extravagance (The reason for this extravagance)
And it cuts to a car arriving and a passenger leaving with briefcase entering a building, opening the case revealing men's shirt collars which he proceeds to tear in half. The collars are then used a focus for the film, rotating through double exposures.
Notes
The film features sculptures by
Pablo Picasso , and some ofMan Ray 's mathematical objects both still and animated using astop motion technique.Originally a silent film, recent copies have been dubbed using music taken from
Man Ray 's personal record collection of the time. The musical reconstruction was byJacques Guillot .When the film was first exhibited, a man in the audience stood up and complained it was giving him a headache. Another man told him to shut up, and they both started to fight. They left the theater fighting and the police was called in to stop the fight.
"Emak bakia" can also mean "the female [gives] the peace" in Basque.
ources
*"Flicks - March 2001" [http://www.cinescene.com/flicks/flicks042001.html] ; Chris Dashiell (2001)
ee also
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Cinéma Pur External links
*imdb title|id=0125073|title=Emak-Bakia
* [http://www.ubu.com/film/ray.html Downloadable version of the film at ubu.com]
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