FILM #12, HEAVEN AND EARTH MAGIC
Harry Smith
7 November 2015

 

Screening as part of the exibition "I See, So I See So. Messages from Harry Smith"

Harry Smith: Film #12, Heaven and Earth Magic, 1957-1962, 62 min, music: Harry Smith
Courtesy: Filmmakers’ Cooperative, NY

"The first part depicts the Heroine’s toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven, next follows an ellaborate exposition of the heavenly land in terms of Israel, Montreal, and the second part depicts the return to earth from being eaten by Max Müller in the day Edward the Seventh dedicated the Great Sewer of London" - Harry Smith

Images
Harry Smith: Film #12, Heaven and Earth Magic, ca. 1957-1962
Courtesy by Harry Smith Archives and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative