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====Date: [[:Category:1929|1929]]9====
====Date: [[:Category:1929|1929]]====


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'''Location:''' England
'''Location:''' England


'''Description of Artwork:''' ''La Coquille'' has been given the honor of being the first Feminist and Surrealist film ever made and, not surprisingly, it has caused its fair share of controversy. The director, Germaine Dulac, used a scenario written by Antonin Artaud, but gave it her own interpretation. Artaud had initiailly wanted to play the priest (played by Alex Allin) but not to direct the film, but after the film had come out immediately started criticizing Dulac for her modification of his misogynistic and brutal scenario. According to the film journalist Wendy Dozoretz Artaud shouted, 'Mme Dulac is a cow!' at the premiere and his friends stopped the screening before storming out. La Coquille is "...the unique product of two incongruous minds." (Dozoretz. Wide Angle. 1979)  
'''Description of Artwork:''' ''La Coquille'' has been given the honor of being the first Feminist and Surrealist film ever made and, not surprisingly, it has caused its fair share of controversy. The director, Germaine Dulac, used a scenario written by Antonin Artaud, but gave it her own interpretation. Artaud had initiailly wanted to play the priest (played by Alex Allin) but not to direct the film, but after the film had come out immediately started criticizing Dulac for her modification of his misogynistic and brutal scenario. According to the film journalist Wendy Dozoretz Artaud shouted, 'Mme Dulac is a cow!' at the premiere and his friends stopped the screening before storming out. ''La Coquille'' is "...the unique product of two incongruous minds." (Dozoretz. Wide Angle. 1979)  


'''The Incident:''' Banned in 1929 by the British Board of Film Censors.
'''The Incident:''' Banned in 1929 by the British Board of Film Censors.