The Amateur as Auteur

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The Amateur as Auteur

Amateurs Joseph Cornell, Ted Huff, and Archie Stewart made films outside the limelight of commercial cinema production and distribution. Their home-spun films incorporate a range of avant-garde strategies and techniques, many expounded in Movie Makers, the journal of the Amateur Cinema League. Tonight’s program includes films which Cornell completed, drawing on found footage, and ones edited by local filmmaker Lawrence Jordan according to Cornell’s written instructions. Cornell’s films were rarely shown in his lifetime.

Little Geezer: His Rise and Fall (Theodore Huff, 1932, 11 mins, Silent, B&W). Rose Hobart (Joseph Cornell, 1936, 20 mins, 16fps, Sound on cassette, B&W/Tinted). Excerpts from Reel 66 (Archie Stewart, 1936, c. 10 mins, B&W/Color). Cotillion (Joseph Cornell, c.1938, 7 mins, Silent, B&W). Unidentified film (Unidentified filmmaker, c. 1900, 1 min, Silent, B&W, Originally 35mm). Thimble Theater (Joseph Cornell, c. 1940, 5 mins, Silent, B&W/Color). Midnight Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938, 3 mins, Silent, B&W). The Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938, 8 mins, Silent, B&W). Carousel: Animal Opera (Joseph Cornell, c. 1940, 6 mins, B&W). Jack's Dream (Joseph Cornell, c. 1940, 4 mins, B&W/Color).

• (Total running time: 75 mins, 16mm, From Anthology Film Archives, George Eastman House, Lawrence Jordan, Library of Congress, Northeast Historic Films)

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