8 x 8
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Directed by Hans Richter.
With Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Paul Bowles.
US, 1955–58, 16mm, color, 70 min.
With Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Paul Bowles.
US, 1955–58, 16mm, color, 70 min.
Like his earlier Dreams that Money Can Buy, Richter’s 8 x 8 engaged the talents of an array of artists with whom he had associated over the years, including Jean Arp, Jean Cocteau, Yves Tanguy, and Richard Huelsenbeck. The title refers to the 8 x 8 arrangement of squares on a chessboard and the film’s equivalent segmentation into a “Chess Sonata in 8 Movements.” It is a tribute to the game Richter loved: “a game of chance and accident, kings and pawns, retreats and successes—in short, the thousand and one combinations of life.”
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