Bells of Atlantis
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✎ Suggest a correction"I remember my first birth in water," reads Anaïs Nin in her husband Ian Hugo's aquatic fantasy formed of "hieroglyphs of a language in which our unconscious is trying to convey important, urgent messages." The mix of charged language and stunning abstract imagery and music moves the viewer towards -- to paraphrase Marianne Moore -- "the lost continent within our selves." 16mm 1.37:1 color sound: acted & recited by Anaïs Nin from Nin's House of Incest; production, photography Ian Hugo; abstract color effects Len Lye, Ian Hugo; electronic music by Louis and Bebe Barron.
Credits
Acted and recited by Anaïs Nin; Hugo, Ian, 1898-1985, director (producer); Anaïs Nin (speaker); Anaïs Nin
Complete catalog record
Original source: Title from resource description page (viewed January 02, 2018).
Release: Los Angeles, CA : Filmmakers Showcase, 2015.
Physical description: 1 online resource (10 minutes) | data file
Subjects: Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977 -- Film adaptations
Language note: In English.
Part of: Contained in (manifestation): Masterworks of American avant-garde experimental film, 1920-1970
Release: Los Angeles, CA : Filmmakers Showcase, 2015.
Physical description: 1 online resource (10 minutes) | data file
Subjects: Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977 -- Film adaptations
Language note: In English.
Part of: Contained in (manifestation): Masterworks of American avant-garde experimental film, 1920-1970
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q121316070 ↗ — year, country
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