17 May 1995
The City of Lost Children
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Dreams That Money Can Buy
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.
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Jack Bittner Joe / Narcissus
Dorothy Griffith Libby Holman Josh White Max Ernst Le President
Norma Cazanjian Doris Okerson Ethel Beseda Mrs. A.
Samuel Cohen Mr. A.
Jo Fontaine-Maison Herb Campbell The man
Bernard Friend Policeman
Evelyn Hausman Julie Lary Anthony Laterie The blind man
Jo Mitchell Ray Pippitt Arthur Seymour Ruth Subotka Valerie Tite
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