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The Mesmerist

Featured Director: Bill Morrison • 16m

Directed by Bill Morrison • Documentary • 2003 • 16 minutes

The film is a re-edit of a deteriorated nitrate print of "The Bells" (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff.

Bill Frisell, guitar; Tony Scherr, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums.

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