Dreams That Money Can Buy
- Synopsis
- Painter, film theorist and film-maker Hans Richter, one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde, assembled some of the century’s liveliest artists as co-creators for this film, intended to bring the work of the European avant-garde to a wider cinema audience. Its seven episodes are connected by the story of Joe, a young man down on his luck, who discovers he has the power to create dreams and sets up a business selling them to others. The ‘dreams’ are the creation of Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder and Richter himself, and are by truns playful, hypnotic, satirical and naightmarish. Composers of the music for the sequences include John Cage, Edgar Varese, Darius Milhaud, Louis Applebaum and Paul Bowles.
The DVD includes an exclusive alternative soundtrack by London-based Baroque pop band The Real Tuesday Weld, featuring British singer-songwriter Stephen Coates, with narration by Brazilian chanteuse Cibelle and English alchemist David Piper. The band has previously performed this soundtrack live to accompany screenings of the film at the NFT in April 2005 and at Tate Modern in May 2006. - Series
- History of the Avant-Garde, A: Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of production
- 1946
- Availability
- Sale (video - retail, Connoisseur); 2001 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)
- Subjects
- Art; Media studies
- Keywords
- Calder, Alexander; Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1868); Ernst, Max (1891-1976); experimental film & video; Léger, Fernand; Ray, Man; Richter, Hans (1888-1976)
Credits
- Director
- Hans Richter
- Contributor
- Alexander Calder; Darius Milhaud; Edgar Varese; Fernand Léger; John Cage; Man Ray; Marcel Duchamp; Max Ernst; Paul Bowles
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £19.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 80 minutes
- Year
- 2006
Distributor
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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