Mathusalem (1927)

Name: Mathusalem
Released: 1927-11-06
Duration: 9 min
Cast: Antonin Artaud, Marcel Barencey, Henri Marchand, Jean Painlevé

Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.