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Our Surreal Midcentury, Part 8: "The Lost Weekend"
Our Surreal Midcentury
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12m
This wrap-up of the 8-part series on Surrealism in midcentury cinema discusses the magical aspects of the memory palace—a mnemonic technique favored by alchemists and Surrealists alike. Afterward, Joel pivots to an exploration of the Theremin as a musical automaton, an instrument of the auditory uncanny. The strange electronic device was first featured in "Spellbound" and "The Lost Weekend" (both 1945).