Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte(1969)

Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte is an experimental film that blends surrealist art with documentary technique. Filmmaker Penny Slinger created this work as a personal tribute to the German-born artist, capturing his distinctive collages through innovative cinematography. The film intercuts footage of Ernst's artwork with live-action sequences and archival material, constructing a visual experience that mirrors the surrealist principles underlying Ernst's own practice. Rather than a conventional biography, Slinger's approach treats the film itself as a collage—layering images and perspectives to evoke the dreamlike, fragmentary quality of surrealist creation. Presented as part of Slinger's 1969 thesis, the film functions as both homage and artistic statement, exploring how Ernst's radical approach to image-making could be translated into cinematic form. The result is a meditation on artistic vision and the power of juxtaposition.