8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements backdrop

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

Directed by Hans Richter, Jean Cocteau

Starring Hans Arp, Paul Bowles

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.