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United States. Rose Hobart is a 1936 experimental collage film created by the artist Joseph Cornell, who cut and re-edited the Universal film East of Borneo (1931) [1] into one of America's most famous surrealist short films. Cornell was fascinated by the star of East of Borneo, an actress named Rose Hobart, and named his short film after her.
By Holly Willis. The mysterious, languid, and yet obsessive portrait of actress Rose Hobart in Joseph Cornell’s 1936 film “Rose Hobart”, created by excerpting clips from a 1931 feature film titled “East of Borneo” directed by George Melford, can be lauded for numerous rea- sons: It employs collage, appropriation, and remix as ...
In his pantheon of stars was the actress Rose Hobart. For her, he made a film. Cornell was an avid viewer and collector of films, but his homage to Hobart (titled Rose Hobart) was his first attempt at making a film. Its source was East of Borneo, a feature-length B-movie released in 1931.
Nov 30, 2016 · Cornell’s first fully realized film is Rose Hobart (c. 1936), essentially a re-editing of the 1931 George Melford adventure film East of Borneo, starring Charles Bickford and Cornell’s silver-screen crush, the actress Rose Hobart. This humble collage film is now considered a cornerstone of American avant-garde cinema.
Nov 4, 2010 · Rose Hobart (1936) is a short, 19-minute surrealist film by artist Joseph Cornell. As described by Catherine Corman in her essay “Surrealist Astronomy in the South Pacific: Joseph Cornell and the Collaged Eclipse”:
Nov 20, 2001 · Brian L. Frye. November 2001. CTEQ Annotations on Film. Issue 17. Rose Hobart (1936 USA 17mins) The first and greatest American Surrealist, Joseph Cornell is best known for his boxes. The best of his mysterious assemblages of dime-store tchochkes and paper ephemera in little hand-made cabinets perfectly realize the elusive sublime at the heart ...
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