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  1. Joan MirÓ: The Ladder of Escape (2012)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 32 minutes), £15.99

    This documentary explores the life and work of Catalonian artist Joan Miro, and seeks to understand how the political upheavals of of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorship of Franco...

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  2. Mystery of Magritte, The (1996)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid)

    A stylised encyclopaedia the life and work of the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte. Includes paintings; letters; sketches; interviews; examples of his Super-8 films; a biography; analysis of his...

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  3. Surrealism and Science: The Weird World of Jean PainlevÉ (1995 Video)

    Director
    Jean Painlevé
    Subject
    Biology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 95 min.

    A compilation of nine short films relating to surrealism and science made by Jean Painlevé between 1926 and 1976. Trained as a biologist, Painlevé made nearly 200 scientific films, but he soon became...

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  4. Max Ernst and the Surrealist Revolution (1993)

    Producer
    Jeremy Cooper
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution

    Examines the relationship between the revolutionary rhetoric of surrealist literature and the works of Max Ernst, which are not evidently about revolutionary subjects. The essential link lies in the process...

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  5. Max Ernst: Voyages of Discovery into the Unconscious (1964)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The German-born artist Max Ernst (1891-1976), a leading member of the surrealist movement, interprets his own work.

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