Anemic Cinema (1926)
What Is This?
19 July 2011
A spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end.

This is the work of two men: Duchamp and Man Ray. And what is it? I have no idea, other than a series of spirals that spin and hypnotize the audience. And between the spins? More spins, but with words forming sentences that make no sense to me whatsoever. They are just nonsense, or have some deeper meaning that is beyond my comprehension.

One of the most interesting things about this to me is the discovery that the words "cinema" and "anemic" are anagrams. What is anemic about this film? Not much, as far as I can tell. But just using that name deserves some credit.
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