Since his 1929 film Morning Spooks, Hans Richter has been one of the most well-known Surrealist filmmakers of the early years. 1928 and 1929 were his most productive years, but after the Second World War, he set out once again to make a feature-length film. It was to be a concept film: five artists, as directors, produce their version of a modern cinematic-kinetic experiment within a shared narrative framework.
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Joe has signed a lease for his apartment, but he's unsure how he's going to afford the rent. Then he discovers that he can peer into his soul by looking at his eyes in a mirror. There's a business to be made out of this! Joe opens an office for the dreams of frustrated and neurotic clients. And then follow five tailor-made dream films by co-directors Hans Richter, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Fernand Leger, and Alexander Calder.
"Dreams That Money Can Buy is a very unusual film and a successful 'home-made' cinematic experiment. Perhaps, after viewing this masterpiece of independent filmmaking, other artists will develop cinema further and further explore its possibilities. And anyone with a sufficient knowledge of The Freud Family will enjoy Richter's film," wrote George A. Lelper in the Harvard Crimson in 1948.
- Dreams That Money Can Buy
- Hans Richter, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Fernand Leger, Alexander Calder
- USA 1944–47, 84 min, color, English original version, experimental film
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