Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box 32 years old

This is a 1991 documentary film about the legendary artist and filmmaker, Joseph Cornell, who made those magnificent and strange collage boxes. He was also one of our great experimental filmmakers and once apparently made Salvador Dali extremely jealous at a screening of his masterpiece, Rose Hobart. In this film we get to hear people like Susan Sontag, Stan Brakhage, and Tony Curtis talk about their friendships with the artist. It turns out that Curtis was quite a collector and he seemed to have a very deep understanding of what Cornell was doing in his work.

Credits

Stan Brakhage as Himself

Tony Curtis as Himself

Susan Sontag as Herself

P. Adams Sitney as Himself

Rudy Burckhardt as Himself

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box Cast

Name	Character
Stan Brakhage He was 58, 70 years old when he died	as Himself
Tony Curtis He was 66, 85 years old when he died	as Himself
Susan Sontag She was 58, 71 years old when she died	as Herself
P. Adams Sitney He was 47, now 79 years old	as Himself
Rudy Burckhardt He was 77, 85 years old when he died	as Himself

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box Crew

Name	Department

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (32 years)

Release day: Friday, November 29, 1991
Runtime: 44 minutes