Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

44 mins | Documentary | Nov. 29, 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.

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

44 mins | Documentary | Nov. 29, 1991

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
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.
Producers
Original title Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
Directors Mark Stokes
Writers

Cast

Dore Ashton

as Herself

Stan Brakhage

as Himself

Rudy Burckhardt

as Himself

Tony Curtis

as Himself/Narrator

Leila E.B. Luce

as Herself

Brian Doherty

as Himself

James Rosenquist

as Himself

P. Adams Sitney

as Himself

Susan Sontag

as Herself