Antonin Artaud "La Nouvelle Revue Française"; they were rejected, but the editor, Jacques Rivière, wrote back seeking to understand him, and a relationship via letters developed. Their compilation into an epistolary work, "Correspondance avec Jacques Rivière", was Artaud's first major publication. Artaud cultivated a great interest in cinema as well, writing the scenario for the first surrealist film, "The Seashell and the Clergyman" (1928), directed by Germaine Dulac. This film influenced Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel, two key Spanish surrealists, when they made "Un Chien Andalou" (1929). Artaud's performance as Jean-Paul Marat in Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927) used exaggerated movements to convey
Pierre Batcheff Pierre Batcheff Pierre Batcheff (born "Piotr Bachev"; 23 June 1907 in Harbin – 12 April 1932 in Paris) was a French actor of Russian descent. He was a high-profile cast during the 1920s and early 1930s and among his best-known films was "Un Chien Andalou" (1929), directed by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. From 1930 until his death, he was married to French film editor Denise Batcheff. Born in Harbin, he grew up in Saint Petersburg, until his family emigrated to Geneva, Switzerland. In 1921, Batcheff moved to Paris where he first worked as a theatre actor, but soon entered