L’Etoile de Mer (The Starfish)L’Etoile des Mer

This Man Ray film is based on a poem by French surrealist poet Robert Desnos (and stars Desnos as the second man). The film vaguely resembles Bunuel & Dali’s Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian DOG) in style and narrative - a man and woman meet, go for a walk along a beach and various dream-like things happen. The film has inter-titles of the poem in French and the film is silent.

Shots:
Shot of man and woman walking in park... into bedroom
French titles between shots
man holding starfish in a jar
slow-motion starfish up close
newspaper blowing down empty street
fast shots from a train
hazy cityscape
starfish in jars spinning... different objects in circular motion on split screen
more blurred shots of woman laying down, walking
CU of hands with lines on palm drawn in in black ink
starfish on stairs
CU of woman’s face, sleeping