Adonis Kyrou(1923-1985)

Philosopher and film critic, advocate of experimental and avant-garde cinema, and of the surrealist movement and its full expression of love and liberty. Founder and director of the magazine "L'Age du cinéma" (1951-1952), where he published works from Man Ray, André Breton, Benjamin Péret, Jacques B. Brunius, Hans Richter, Farokh Ghafari and Antonin Artaud. In 1952, joined the group publishing the magazine "Positif", where he published numerous articles. His most influential books are "Amour-Erotisme & Cinéma", "Le Surréalisme au Cinéma", and "Luis Buñuel".

[on Mae West] She is an earthquake, a tornado, an admirable scourge, a sky rocket, a liberating explosion.