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.
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Cast
10 people
Tony Curtis
Narrator (voice) / Self
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Sweet Smell of Success
Joseph Cornell
Self (archive footage)
Dore Ashton
Self
Stan Brakhage
Self
Known for
Prelude: Dog Star Man
Cannibal! The Musical
Rudy Burckhardt
Self
Leila E.B. Luce
Self
Brian O'Doherty
Self
James Rosenquist
Self
Also in
Wall Street
P. Adams Sitney
Self
Also in
The Fallen World
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Susan Sontag
Self
Also in
Zelig
Promised Lands
Mark Stokes Director · Wayne Balmer Editor
United States release November 29, 1991 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 29, 1991
Theatrical
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