Pictures the work of Max Ernst in which he uses Victorian engravings to animate a Gothic tale of a world where only the inconceivable represents the norm. Narrated in English.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
310928
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Surrealism in motion pictures
Animation → Animated films - France
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Gothic
Crafts & Visual Arts → Engraving
Crafts & Visual Arts → Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism in motion pictures
Experimental → Experimental films - France
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)