ADO KYROU, Le Surréalism au cinéma

ADO KYROU. Surrealism in Cinema. Foreword by Jean Ferry. Paris, Éditions Arcanes, 1953. First edition of this capital text on the history of Surrealist cinema, first volume of the 'Ombres Blanches' collection. Illustrated cover with celebrated photograph by Man Ray depicting film reels. Copy from the ordinary unnumbered printing, in original publisher's wrappers. Wear at edges of cover, light abrasions and stains, spine slightly yellowed. Indispensable reference work for scholars of the Surrealist movement and avant-garde cinema, analyzing the influence of Surrealism from Méliès to Buñuel. Kyrou (1923-1985), Greek-French film critic and member of the Parisian Surrealist group, signed with this essay the first systematic study on the subject.