Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (1991)

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (1991)

1991-11-29 United States of America 44 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Tony Curtis is Narrator (voice) / Self
Narrator (voice) / Self
Joseph Cornell is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Dore Ashton is Self
Self
Stan Brakhage is Self
Self
Rudy Burckhardt is Self
Self
Leila E.B. Luce is Self
Self
Brian O'Doherty is Self
Self
James Rosenquist is Self
Self
P. Adams Sitney is Self
Self
Susan Sontag is Self
Self

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