Europe After the Rain, Part Two

This film questions the complex relationship between the Surrealist enterprise, in its many forms, and politics, particularly in the light of the rise of Fascism. It charts the rift between those members who joined the Resistance and those who went to America, and considers Breton's unsuccessful attempt to join the Communist Party, the anti-Nazi photomontages of John Heartfield, and Dali's obsession with the image of Hitler as 'the object of my delirium.' The film also explores the influences of Surrealism on the art world and on the mass media. It ends with an interview with Duchamp in the 1960s, discussing the impact of the movement, its failures and successes.