THE DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY (1947)

HANS RICHTER

Fantasy Art House Cult Drama Classics Recommended Surrealist/surrealism

Cast

JACK BITTNER LIBBY HOLMAN JOSHUA WHITE NORMAN CAZANJIAN DORIS OKERSON

Plot

Using the framing story of a man who discovers how to craft and sell dreams to a series of anxious clients, Richter allotted each dream (seven in all) to various Surrealists/Dadaists; Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and Alexander Calder amongst others. For four decades one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde Hans Richter's Dreams That Money Can Buy', shot for just $25,000, went on to win the Venice Film Festival Award for the best original contribution to the progress of cinematography.