Magritte or the Object Lesson

Magritte or the Object Lesson

1960
14min

The surrealist painter René Magritte questions the objective reality and emphasizes the arbitrariness of the relationship between an object, its image and its name: the evocation of mystery consists of images of familiar things gathered or transformed in such a way that they no longer conform to our ideas, whether naive or wise.

Magritte or the Object Lesson

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The surrealist painter René Magritte questions the objective reality and emphasizes the arbitrariness of the relationship between an object, its image and its name: the evocation of mystery consists of images of familiar things gathered or transformed in such a way that they no longer conform to our ideas, whether naive or wise.
    Released
    January 1960
    Runtime
    14min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    French
    Production
    RTBF, Ministère de l’Instruction publique
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