The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)

Directed by

David Rowan

Genre

mystery film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson come out of retirement to investigate a mystery about the artist Marcel Duchamp. The film focuses on one of Duchamp's famous artworks and includes old interview footage.

inquisitivenostalgiccontemplativeretropuzzlingslow-pacedacademiclow-key

What happens

The Case of Marcel Duchamp is a 1984 British art history documentary-cum-mystery film sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain, directed by David Rowan and starring Guy Rolfe, Raymond Francis, Harold Innocent and Juliet Hammond. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson come out of retirement to solve a final case concerning the artist Marcel Duchamp. The film concentrates on Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even and includes excerpts from a 1958 BBC TV interview with Duchamp and specially made English-language recreations of scenes from Raymond Roussel's 1912 play Impressions d'Afrique. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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