1978 · 0h 30m · Fantasy
Genres: Fantasy
A “reading film” of delirious image and text, Les chants de Maldoror takes its title and inspiration from Comte de Lautréamont’s 1869 proto-Surrealist poetic novel which, for instance, describes beauty as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.
Director: Shūji Terayama
Writers: Shūji Terayama, Comte de Lautréamont
Music by: Akio Suzuki
Cinematography: Tatsuo Suzuki