Mathusalem (1927)

Release Date:	1927, November 6
Directors:	Jean Painlevé
Countries:	France

Overview:

Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.