L'Inhumaine

L'Inhumaine (The Inhuman Woman) is a visual tour-de-force; a fantastical, science-fiction melodrama; and a momentous collaboration of legendary figures from the avant-garde movement. Leblanc plays the Inhuman Woman of the title, Claire Lescot, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, where she draws important men to her like moths to a flame. At her luxurious parties, she basks in the amorous attentions of her many admirers while always remaining aloof. When it appears she is the reason for a young devotees suicide, however, her fans desert her. The filming of the concert where shes raucously booed is a renowned piece of cinema history: LHerbier invited more than 2,000 people from the arts and fashionable society to attend the Thtre des Champs-lyses and play the part of the unruly audience. Among the attendees were Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Erik Satie, Ren Clair, James Joyce, and Ezra Pound (although none are actually visible).