Showing posts with label Joseph Cornell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joseph Cornell. Show all posts

Sunday, January 4, 2009

The Films of Joseph Cornell: Part Three


"Jacks Dream", "1930-1970".












Cornell lived for most of his life with his mother and his brother Robert in Flushing, Queens. He was devoted to caring for Robert who was disabled by cerebral palsy. Filmmaker and Cornell Scholar Jeanne Liotta has suggested that Robert enjoyed watching films and that perhaps Cornell would take the footage and reorder it to keep it fresh for his brother.


Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Films of Joseph Cornell


"The Children's Jury", 1938.

Best know for his remarkable boxes, Joseph Cornell was a pioneer of the found-footage cinema.  His 1936 film, "Rose Hobart", is arguably the first collage film.