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Heaven & earth magic, 1957-1962 / Harry Smith.
LIBRA DVD PN1997.5 .H43 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Harry Smith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Experimental films.
- Genre:
- Animated films.
- Experimental films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Heaven and earth magic
- Subtitle on container: No. 12, 1957-1962
- Number 12
- Number twelve
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Monica, CA] : Harry Smith Archives, [2007]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Using surrealist and cut-up animation techniques, Smith's film no. 12 is a graphic description of initiation, redemption and spiritual transformation couched in the language of Qabalah, alchemy and experimental psychology. The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. The second part depicts the return to earth from being eaten by Max Müller on the day Edward the Seventh dedicated the great sewer of London.
- Notes:
- Title from disc surface.
- DVD release of short films originally produced between 1957-1962.
- "From Anthology Film Archives."
- OCLC:
- 212815898
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