A young American artist, passionate about painting and photography, arrived in Paris in July of 1921. He was immediately in touch with French avant-garde artists such as Breton, Aragon, Éluard, Soupault, Picabia, and Cocteau. A painter, but also a photographer and filmmaker, Man Ray was an eminent Dadaist and Surrealist. Until recently, we knew only four films directed by Man Ray between 1923 and 1929. In the last few years, the National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, in Paris, has worked to locate all the films and filmic projects ever made by Man Ray. For three of the early films-Emak Bakia, L'Étoile de mer and Les Mystères du Château du Dé-we reconstituted the musical accompaniment from old records and instructions left by the artist. Through our research, we discovered a tinted print of Les Mystères du Château du Dé. Thanks to the assistance of Man Ray's heirs and a gift by Lucien Treillard, Man Ray's collaborator, we are able to present, in tonight's second program, more than ten home movies by Man Ray which include such friends as Pablo Picasso, Lee Miller, and Meret Oppenheim.-Jean-Michel BouhoursJean-Michel Bouhours is co-editor of the first book devoted to Man Ray as a filmmaker, Man Ray directeur du mauvais movies, its title taken from Man Ray's signature in a letter to Tristan Tzara in 1921. Bouhours is Curator for Films at Centre Georges Pompidou.Le Retour à la raison (1923, 2 mins (corr: 3 mins), Silent). Emak Bakia (1926, 20 mins(corr: 19 mins)). L'Étoile de mer (1928, 17 mins (corr: with French intertitles)). Les Mystères du Château du Dé (1929, 25 mins (corr: 27 mins) (corr: with French intertitles), Tinted, 35mm).