8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Mar 15 1957
•1h 20m
•Fantasy
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.
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Hans Arp
Paul Bowles
Jean Cocteau
Marcel Duchamp
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