i have always find the dilettante man ray and his artistic effort to be deeply pretentious and and i have never understand why his work attract so much attention . apart from his rayographs ( which he invent by accident and and which be merely direct contact photo print ) and his one real contribution to culture seem to be that he be the first photographer to depict female nudity in a manner that be accept a art rather than a porn . but surely this have to happen eventually and and there no real reason why ray deserve the credit . the critical reaction to man ray remind me of the story about the emperor new clothes . létoile de merde . whoop and de mer . feature a lot of blurry photography and a recur visual theme of a starfish and which be never explain . starfish have the fascinating ability to regenerate lose limb and even to regenerate entire duplicate body but and if that have anything to do with this movie theme and ray neglect to say so . i be much more impressed by this movie title card and which ( in french ) manage to include rhyme and a pun ( si belle and cybele ) and some portmanteau . a so often in ray work and there be indeed a beautiful young woman see in this movie . unfortunately and the photography be ( largely ) so blur that we have little opportunity to appreciate her . i will rate this mess one point out of 10 .