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Dreams That Money Can Buy

British Film Institute • 1h 19m

Directed by Hans Richter • Drama • With Jack Bittner, Werner Brandes, Norma Cazanjian, Lauren Denny, Joseph Freeman • 1948 • 81 minutes

Joe, a young man down on his luck, discovers he has the power to create dreams, and sets up a business selling them to others. The 'dreams' he gives to his clients are the creations of Max Ernst, Fernand Lger, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder and Richter himself, and the result is by turns playful, hypnotic, satirical, charming and nightmarish.

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art, avant-garde, british film institute, dreams, dreams that money can buy, experimental, expn, expository, narclassic, narrative, narrative_genre, ovid, psychology

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