Plot Summary
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.
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Director & Crew
Shūji Terayama
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 6.4/10 based on 8 votes.
Who directed Les chants de Maldoror?
Les chants de Maldoror was directed by Shūji Terayama and released in 1978.
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Les chants de Maldoror has a runtime of 0 hours and 30 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1978-02-02
- Status
- Released