"As much as Maya Deren, the progenitor of American avant-garde film." J. Hoberman

Famous for his unique shadowboxes and found-object collages, Joseph Cornell also made a remarkable collection of films between the mid-1930s and the early '60s. His landmark film Rose Hobart (1936, 19 min., b/w), possibly the first-ever experimental film made entirely from found footage, was profoundly influential in the 1950s for emerging filmmakers such as Jack Smith and Ken Jacobs. This program of rarely seen works--many of which are screened for the first time in Los Angeles--includes recently-discovered collage films as well as pieces shot by Stan Brakhage, Rudy Burckhardt and Larry Jordan under Cornell's direction.

In person: filmmaker and film historian Jeanne Liotta

Filmforum is presenting a separate program of films by Joseph Cornell on Sunday, December 11. See lafilmforum.org.

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