Maurice Lemaitre, Le Film Est Deja Commencé? (Has the Feature Started Yet?)

Book, poster and vhs-tape of one of the major works of Letterist cinema (released in 1951), in which Lemaitre prefigures the Situationist practice of detournement as well as the aesthetic of American avant-gardists.

Includes: (1) Maurice Lemaitre, Le film est deja commencé? Paris, André Bonne, 1952. Softcover, 19 x 12 cm, 182 uncut pp. b/w pictures and introduction by Jean-Isidore Isou. First edition, fine copy with moderate toning/age-wear. (2) Film poster, designed by De Turville, early (original) version l'edition artistique Paris, 60 x 48 cm, very slight creases, generally a good copy, not folded. (3) Added is a vhs pal tape produced by Light Cone Video 1995 featuring the 59 min. film, English translation included. (total 3)