Our Surreal Midcentury, Part 3: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
Our Surreal Midcentury
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With roots stretching as far back as the 18th century to the birth of the Romanticism, Surrealism emerged ready-made for the cinema. In his introduction to Powell & Pressurger's masterpiece "The Tales of Hoffmann," Joel Gunz discusses these connections and how they empower film's uncanny nature.
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