L’Étoile de mer
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L’Étoile de mer is a 1928 surrealist short film by Man Ray that blends experimental cinematography with dreamlike imagery to explore themes of desire and perception.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L’Étoile de mer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8042215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L’Étoile de mer Context triple: [Man Ray, notableWork, L’Étoile de mer]
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A.
Largo pétalo de mar
Largo pétalo de mar is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows Spanish Civil War refugees exiled to Chile, exploring themes of displacement, love, and political upheaval.
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B.
The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
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C.
La Sirena
La Sirena is a privately owned, Kaplan F17 speed freighter starship captained by Cristóbal Rios and used as the primary vessel by Jean-Luc Picard and his allies in the series Star Trek: Picard.
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D.
The Beautiful Briny
"The Beautiful Briny" is a whimsical, underwater-themed musical number from Disney’s 1971 film *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*, sung by Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.
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E.
Le Soleil des eaux
Le Soleil des eaux is a modernist vocal-orchestral work by Pierre Boulez, based on poems by René Char and known for its complex serial techniques and evolving revisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L’Étoile de mer Target entity description: L’Étoile de mer is a 1928 surrealist short film by Man Ray that blends experimental cinematography with dreamlike imagery to explore themes of desire and perception.
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A.
Largo pétalo de mar
Largo pétalo de mar is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows Spanish Civil War refugees exiled to Chile, exploring themes of displacement, love, and political upheaval.
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B.
The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
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C.
La Sirena
La Sirena is a privately owned, Kaplan F17 speed freighter starship captained by Cristóbal Rios and used as the primary vessel by Jean-Luc Picard and his allies in the series Star Trek: Picard.
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D.
The Beautiful Briny
"The Beautiful Briny" is a whimsical, underwater-themed musical number from Disney’s 1971 film *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*, sung by Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.
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E.
Le Soleil des eaux
Le Soleil des eaux is a modernist vocal-orchestral work by Pierre Boulez, based on poems by René Char and known for its complex serial techniques and evolving revisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short film
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surrealist film ⓘ |
| basedOn | a poem by Robert Desnos ⓘ |
| cinematography | Man Ray ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Man Ray ⓘ |
| distributor | Studio 28 (Paris) ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
a man
ⓘ
a woman ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent film ⓘ |
| genre |
Surrealism
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avant-garde film ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Man Ray ⓘ |
| movement | French avant-garde cinema ⓘ |
| notableTechnique |
distorted imagery
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soft-focus cinematography ⓘ unconventional editing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | surrealist cinema ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Les Films du Grand Guignol ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 15 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Desnos ⓘ |
| theme |
desire
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dream and reality ⓘ eroticism ⓘ perception ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L’Étoile de mer Description of subject: L’Étoile de mer is a 1928 surrealist short film by Man Ray that blends experimental cinematography with dreamlike imagery to explore themes of desire and perception.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.