Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
- Directed by
- Hans Richter
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man sells dream-inducing devices that let people experience fantastical visions. Each dream sequence is a different short film created by various modernist artists.
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What happens
Dreams That Money Can Buy is a 1947 American drama film written, produced, and directed by Hans Richter, a German with a background in the dadaist and constructivist art movements. The color film consists of a frame story and a series of dream sequences that were created by different modernist artists. Collaborators included Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Darius Milhaud and Fernand Léger. The film was produced by Kenneth Macpherson and Peggy Guggenheim. It received the award for the Best Original Contribution to the Progress of Cinematography at the 1947 Venice Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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