''Flushing Meadows'' (
1965
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) is an American short film by
Joseph Cornell with
Larry Jordan
Lawrence Jordan (born 1934 ) is an American independent filmmaker who is most widely known for his animated collage films. In 1970 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to make ''Sacred Art of Tibet''.
Legacy
'' Our Lady of the Sphere'', inspired ...
. The film is 8 minutes long, in color,
16mm
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, educ ...
, and
silent.
The film is an ode to the memory of Joyce Hunter, a Queens
waitress Cornell met in 1962. Cornell apparently had an infatuation with Hunter even though she was found to have stolen items and attempted to fence them; Cornell never pressed charges against her.
Hunter was murdered in December 1964. The film was produced after her death and is largely a series of scenes from
Flushing Cemetery
Flushing Cemetery is a cemetery in Flushing in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.
History
Flushing Cemetery has several predecessors. In the year 1789 (64 years before the cemetery was founded), George Washington had crossed th ...
, where Hunter was buried.
The film was first shown publicly at the
Gramercy Theatre in
New York City, on December 22, 2003. The short aired twice at the
2004 Toronto International Film Festival
The 29th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 through September 18. The festival screened 328 films of which 253 were features and 75 were shorts (148 of the films screened were in a language other than English).
Awards
No fi ...
, in commemoration of the centennial of Cornell's birth.
See also
*
List of American films of 1965
A list of American films released in 1965.
''The Sound of Music'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A–D
E–I
J–R
S–Z
See also
* 1965 in the United States
Notes
References
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External links
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References
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1965 films
American silent short films
Films directed by Joseph Cornell
1960s American films
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