
Messages, Messages
1968-02-27 · 24 min · ★ 6.8
A journey of the psyche into the world of the unconscious. Made when Wiese and Arnold were students at the San Francisco Art Institute, the surrealistic film is influenced by Dalí, Buñuel and the German expressionists. The film was premiered at the St. Regis Hotel in New York by Salvador Dalí and invited to Director's Fortnight at Cannes.
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- Steven Arnold
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- United States of America
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- Released
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