Dreams That Money Can Buy

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Dreams That Money Can Buy is a 1947 avant-garde film directed by Hans Richter that blends surrealist vignettes created with prominent modern artists into a narrative about a man who sells customized dreams.

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instanceOf avant-garde film
experimental film
film
awardReceived International Prize for Best Original Contribution to the Progress of Cinematography
Venice Film Festival 1947 prize
basedOn an original story by Hans Richter
cinematography Richard Abbott
countryOfOrigin United States
director Hans Richter
editingBy Hans Richter
featuresSegmentBy Alexander Calder
Fernand Léger
Man Ray
Marcel Duchamp
Max Ernst
genre avant-garde
fantasy film
surrealist film
hasColorProcess Technicolor segments
black-and-white segments
hasSegmentStructure anthology of surreal dream episodes
mainCharacter Joe
movement modernist cinema
surrealism in film
musicBy Darius Milhaud
David Diamond
John Cage
Louis Applebaum
Oscar Levant
Paul Bowles
narrativeFocus a man who sells customized dreams
notableFor collaboration with prominent modern artists
integration of visual art and narrative cinema
originalLanguage English
plotElement a man discovers he can see into people’s minds
the protagonist opens a dream-selling business
producer Hans Richter
publicationDate 1947
screenwriter Alexander Calder
Fernand Léger
Hans Richter
Man Ray
Marcel Duchamp
Max Ernst
setting New York City

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Hans Richter notableWork Dreams That Money Can Buy