What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street (1957) by Joseph Cornell
Thursday, March 3, 1983, 8:00 pm
The Films of Joseph Cornell
3 more by Cornell (Carrousel, Jack’s Dream, Thimble Theatre), 24 min. Put together in the 1940s, these films were made printable by Larry Jordan after Cornell’s death. This will be their first public screening. By Night with Torch and Spear, 8½ min., New York, Rome, Barcelona and Brussels, 9½ min. (both released in 1977), Centuries of June (1955-62). 11 min., assisted by Stan Brakhage. Aviary (1955), 5 min., and What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street (1957), 6 min., were filmed by Rudy Burckhardt. The great American box-maker and collagist was also one of the early avant-garde filmmakers. Tonight’s program is the first of two highlighting all of Cornell’s available filmwork.