Marcel Broodthaers Movies

  • 1970
    A Film by Charles Baudelaire (Second Version)

    A Film by Charles Baudelaire (Second Version)

    A Film by Charles Baudelaire (Second Version)

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    The film purports to be the second version of a (fictional) film made by Baudelaire in 1850 in memory of his (actual) voyage across the Pacific. It...

    A Film by Charles Baudelaire (Second Version)
  • 2007
    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

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    The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the...

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else
  • 1989
    Berlin Oder Ein Traum Mit Sahne

    Berlin Oder Ein Traum Mit Sahne

    Berlin Oder Ein Traum Mit Sahne

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    Berlin scenery, intercut with scenes of Broodthaers smoking, reading, eating and daydreaming.

    Berlin Oder Ein Traum Mit Sahne
  • 1969
    La Pluie (Projet Pour Un Texte)

    La Pluie (Projet Pour Un Texte)

    La Pluie (Projet Pour Un Texte)

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    The film shows Marcel Broodthaers trying to write while the rain constantly washes away the ink. In the final scene, during which the artist gives up...

    La Pluie (Projet Pour Un Texte)
  • 1958
    La Clef de L'horloge (Poème cinémathographique en l’honneur de Kurt Schwitters)

    La Clef de L'horloge (Poème cinémathographique en l’honneur de Kurt Schwitters)

    La Clef de L'horloge (Poème cinémathographique en l’honneur de Kurt Schwitters)

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    Broodthaers’s first film, Clef d’Horloge was made using a borrowed camera and some film stock that he had been given. It was shot at the...

    La Clef de L'horloge (Poème cinémathographique en l’honneur de Kurt Schwitters)
  • 1968
    Le corbeau et le renard

    Le corbeau et le renard

    Le corbeau et le renard

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    A documentation of Marcel Broodthaers's exhibition Le Corbeau et le Renard at the Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp.

    Le corbeau et le renard
  • 1974
    The Last Voyage

    The Last Voyage

    The Last Voyage

    01974HD

    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    The Last Voyage
  • 1971
    Exercice

    Exercice

    Exercice

    01971HD

    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    Exercice
  • 1972
    Mauretania

    Mauretania

    Mauretania

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    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    Mauretania
  • 1972
    Speakers Corner

    Speakers Corner

    Speakers Corner

    01972HD

    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    Speakers Corner
  • 1974
    Monsieur Teste

    Monsieur Teste

    Monsieur Teste

    01974HD

    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    Monsieur Teste
  • 1970
    La Lune

    La Lune

    La Lune

    01970HD

    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    La Lune
  • 1968
    3 Postcards

    3 Postcards

    3 Postcards

    01968HD

    Short by Marcel Broodthaers.

    3 Postcards
  • 1970
    La signature

    La signature

    La signature

    01970HD

    Animation of Marcel B.'s signature

    La signature
  • 1971
    Au-delà de cette limite

    Au-delà de cette limite

    Au-delà de cette limite

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    Au-delà de cette limite
  • 1969
    Pipe Satire

    Pipe Satire

    Pipe Satire

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    Pipe Satire
  • 1970
    O-X

    O-X

    O-X

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    Illustrates what initially seems to be a regular game of tic-tac-toe. As the film progresses, the text diverges from the image, moving from...

    O-X
  • 1974
    A Voyage on the North Sea

    A Voyage on the North Sea

    A Voyage on the North Sea

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    Marcel Broodthaers’ film and book, both titled A Voyage on the North Sea which were distributed together as part and parcel of the same...

    A Voyage on the North Sea
  • 1970
    Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

    Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

    Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

    01970HD

    This is one of a series of films that Broodthaers made on the subject of the pipe, a reference to the work of René Magritte. A static camera...

    Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe
  • 1974
    Figure Of Wax

    Figure Of Wax

    Figure Of Wax

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    The figure of wax to which the title alludes is that of philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), one of the founders of the University of...

    Figure Of Wax