The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans RichterDirector
- Paul BowlesOriginal Music Composer
- John CageOriginal Music Composer
- Louis ApplebaumOriginal Music Composer
- Darius MilhaudOriginal Music Composer
- David DiamondOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jack BittnerJoe / Narcissus
- Dorothy GriffithCast
- Libby HolmanCast
- Josh WhiteCast
- Stanley KubrickTheatre Extra
- Max ErnstLe President
- Norma CazanjianCast
- Doris OkersonCast
- John La ToucheThe Gangster
- Ethel BesedaMrs. A.
- Samuel CohenMr. A.
- Jo Fontaine-MaisonCast
Themes
dreamssurrealism