The pioneering American artist Man Ray, who was working in Paris as a dadaist and surrealist, in his first film, extended the technique of camera-less photographic images, to moving images. He sprinkled salt and pepper on one piece of film, pins on another, lit the film for a few seconds, and then developed the film. The newly restored film has music composed and performed by director Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan’s SQÜRL band. Τhe restoration, in 4K, was led by Womanray and Cinenovo, in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the French CNC and Cineteca di Bologna.

Cover photo: Sara Driver