{{Short description|1923 Man Ray film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Le Retour à la raison | image = ManRayLe Retouràla RaisonTexture.png | director = Man Ray | producer = Man Ray | starring = Kiki of Montparnasse | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1923| | |France}} | country = France | runtime = 2 minutes }}
'''''Le Retour à la raison''''' (French for ''Return to Reason'') is a 1923 short film directed by Man Ray. It consists of animated textures, rayographs and the torso of Kiki of Montparnasse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Retour à la raison |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/309346 |website=MoMa}}</ref>
==Content== thumb|thumbtime=16|''Return to Reason'' (1923) The film features a small segment with Ray's work ''Dancer''/''Danger''. The film is described as follows:"consists of moving geometric designs, intercut with distorted night shots of a merry-go-round, then moving three dimensional shapes, and closing with the play of bars of light on a woman's nude torso. It was an experiment in abstract expressionism that inspired other directors."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-01 |title=Flicks - April 2001 |url=http://www.cinescene.com/flicks/flicks042001.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601170537/http://www.cinescene.com/flicks/flicks042001.html |archive-date=1 June 2007 }}</ref>
==Production== "Acquiring a roll of a hundred feet of film, I went into my darkroom and cut up the material into short lengths, pinning them down on the worktable. On some strips I sprinkled salt and pepper, like a cook preparing a roast, on other strips I threw pins and thumbtacks at random; then I turned on the white light for a second or two, as I had done for my still ''Rayographs''. Then I carefully lifted the film off the table, shaking off the debris, and developed it in my tanks. The next morning, when dry, I examined the work; the salt, pins and tacks were perfectly reproduced." explained Man Ray, in ''Self-Portrait''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khoshbakht |first=Ehsan |date=2009-12-07 |title=Notes On Cinematograph: Retour à la raison (1923) |url=https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/2009/12/retour-la-raison-1923.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Notes On Cinematograph}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=April 2024}}
==See also== *Cinéma Pur
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0014406|title=Le Retour à la Raison}}
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