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Dreams That Money Can Buy is a 1947 experimental feature color film written, produced, and directed by surrealist artist and dada film-theorist Hans Richter. The film was produced by Kenneth Macpherson and Peggy Guggenheim .
“Dreams That Money Can Buy is a 1947 American experimental feature color film written, produced, and directed by surrealist artist and dada film-theorist Hans Richter.” “ Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922.
Dreams that Money Can Buy. 1946. Restored with funding from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Fund, and The Film Foundation. W1116.
DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY can be viewed as either the last hurrah or final nail in the coffin of this once-vital movement. Joe, a “self-appointed bum,” discovers he can “look inside himself” (so insists an unseen narrator) and comes up with a novel money making scheme: selling dreams in his big city apartment to those who have none.
Dadaist Hans Richter attempts to bring the European avant-garde to the masses, with this story about a man who discovers he has the power to create dreams, and sets up a business selling them to others.
Oct 9, 2011 · By David Selden Dreams that Money Can Buy, Hans Richter (1947) Watch more on Network Awesome Shot in colour on 16mm with the sound post-synchronized, Hans Richter’s extraordinary portmanteau film, Dreams That Money Can Buy is a real curate’s egg....
Dadaist Hans Richter attempts to bring the European avant-garde to the masses, with this story about a man who discovers he has the power to create dreams, and sets up a business selling them to others.
