PRESENTS
RETURN TO REASON
4K RESTORATION OF FOUR FILMS BY MAN RAY
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE BY
SQÜRL (JIM JARMUSCH, CARTER LOGAN)
CANNES CLASSICS
2023 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
REVIVALS
2023 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
For Immediate Release – Films We Like has acquired the Canadian distribution rights to Return to Reason, an anthology of four recently restored silent films by surrealist artist Man Ray with a new original music score by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan). Return to Reason premiered at the 2023 Cannes and New York Film Festivals.
In 1923, Surrealist pioneer Man Ray improvised his first dreamlike film Le Retour à la Raison, followed by Emak Bakia (1926), L‘Étoile de Mer (1928) and Les Mystères du Château de Dé (1929). In 2023, Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan, the founding members of the group Sqürl, compose a soundtrack to the four films as if they were forming one unique piece.
Return to Reason celebrates the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s cinematic oeuvre, restored for the first time in 4K. The restoration process was led by l’Immagine Ritrovata, sourcing original prints from various parts of the world, in partnership with Cineteca di Bologna, la Cinémathèque française, le Centre Georges Pompidou, the Library of Congress and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée.
RUNNING TIME: 70 minutes
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France, 2023
MEDIA CONTACT: Mercy Lam mercy@filmswelike.com
PRESS MATERIALS: Further information
About Films We Like
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include The Settlers, All to Play for and Fallen Leaves.