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Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (1991)

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.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tony CurtisTony CurtisNarrator (voice) / Self
  • Photo of Joseph CornellJoseph CornellSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Dore AshtonDore AshtonSelf
  • Photo of Stan BrakhageStan BrakhageSelf
  • Photo of Rudy BurckhardtRudy BurckhardtSelf
  • Photo of Leila E.B. LuceLeila E.B. LuceSelf
  • Photo of Brian O'DohertyBrian O'DohertySelf
  • Photo of James RosenquistJames RosenquistSelf
  • Photo of P. Adams SitneyP. Adams SitneySelf
  • Photo of Susan SontagSusan SontagSelf

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