While Man Ray is mostly remembered for his significant contribution to Dada art (in several well-known Dada films), the majority of his work listed on IMDb in fact consists of a series of short home movies he made of various things, none seemingly made with the intent of ever being released. It seems that after the artist's years as a filmmaker, the home movies he made 1923-1938 somehow resurfaced and were compiled in a nearly feature-length collection aptly titled "Home Movies". While nothing in particular is unique about them, they do provide interest to fans of old film - especially those interested in the artist himself.
"Corrida" is one of two Man Ray home movies shot featuring the subject of bullfighting (the other was in color and entitled "Course Landaise"). It is hard for one to understand why Man Ray would film this of all things, when other home movies were far more interesting in their documentation of people - this is more like a simple documentary, where the only available view is from Ray's non-stationary camera as he attempts filming various scenes from a bullfight within an arena. With just similar views as the picadors keep taunting the bull, It is rather repetitive as a result and there is no experimenting to be done here either, unlike other home movies which had some interesting things going on. Not one of the greatest in the collection - more interesting for historical purposes than for a glimpse at the artist's life.
"Corrida" is one of two Man Ray home movies shot featuring the subject of bullfighting (the other was in color and entitled "Course Landaise"). It is hard for one to understand why Man Ray would film this of all things, when other home movies were far more interesting in their documentation of people - this is more like a simple documentary, where the only available view is from Ray's non-stationary camera as he attempts filming various scenes from a bullfight within an arena. With just similar views as the picadors keep taunting the bull, It is rather repetitive as a result and there is no experimenting to be done here either, unlike other home movies which had some interesting things going on. Not one of the greatest in the collection - more interesting for historical purposes than for a glimpse at the artist's life.