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Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (1991)

0h 44m | PG-13

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This is a 1991 documentary film about the legendary artist and filmmaker, Joseph Cornell, who made those magnificent and strange collage boxes. He was also one of our great experimental filmmakers and once apparently made Salvador Dali extremely jealous at a screening of his masterpiece, Rose Hobart. In this film we get to hear people like Susan Sontag, Stan Brakhage, and Tony Curtis talk about their friendships with the artist. It turns out that Curtis was quite a collector and he seemed to have a very deep understanding of what Cornell was doing in his work.

Director: Mark Stokes

Studio: N/A

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

as Narrator (voice) / Self

Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell

as Self (archive footage)

Dore Ashton

Dore Ashton

as Self

Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

as Self

Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt

as Self

Leila E.B. Luce

Leila E.B. Luce

as Self