The Starfish

L'Étoile de mer (English: The Sea Star) is a 1928 film directed by Man Ray. The film is based on a script by Robert Desnos and depicts a couple (Alice Prin and André de la Rivière) acting through scenes that are shot out of focus. Almost all of the scenes in this film are shot either off a mirror like the final shot, or through diffused and textured glass. After opening to the couple walking along a road, the scene cuts to a caption Les dents des femmes sont des objets si charmants... (Women's teeth are such charming objects...) A short scene where the female alters her stocking. ... qu' on ne devrait les voir qu' en rêve ou à l'instant de l'amour. (... that one ought to see them only in a dream or in the instant of love.) From this...