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Our Surreal Midcentury, Part 8: "The Lost Weekend"

This wrap-up of the 8-part series on Surrealism in midcentury cinema discusses the magical aspects of the memory palace—a mnemonic technique favore...

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Our Surreal Midcentury, Part 7: "Spellbound"

Our Surreal Midcentury • 16m

In this introduction to Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945), Joel Gunz sketches a history of Surrealism's occult and esoteric origins along with their connection to the director's psychoanalytical thriller.

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