Joseph Cornell. Worlds in a Box - ACE231.5

P. Adams Sitney on Cornell’s film Rose Hobart (1936), re-edited from the 1931 Hollywood picture East of Borneo. Excerpt from Cornell’s version. Sitney on Cornell’s editing tricks. Excerpt from silent non-fiction film. VO Cornell’s words on a train ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan: railway scenes, nearby buildings, woman busker singing, Grand Central station. Box Hotel du Nord. Sitney on Cornell’s liking for Manhattan and shop windows. Part of film by Cornell including wedding shop and young woman. Rudy Burckhardt, Film-maker & Collaborator, on working with Cornell. The Aviary (Manhattan – 1955); part VO Sitney on Cornell’s unusual ideas about Union Square.