Tag Archives: Surrealism

Soft Spots

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won’t tell you where. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged Film, Luis Buñuel, movies, Surrealism | 1 Comment

Betty Boop Shorts

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: And to think folks in the ’60s thought they were being wild and trippy . . . Related Now available on DVD from Olive Films. See here and here. I wrote a bit about popular surrealism … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Movies, Sex | Tagged animation, Betty Boop, Bimbo, cartoons, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Surrealism | 4 Comments

Overlooked Oeuvres: Winsor McCay (1867-1934)

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Winsor McCay strikes me as an underappreciated artist. Oh, he’s pretty well kown for his comic strips, all-time classics like “Little Nemo” and “Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.” But as a maker of movies he’s often dismissed as … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers | Tagged animation, Buster Keaton, comic strips, Comics, dreams, fantasy, Film, Gertie the Dinosaur, Little Nemo, movies, Overlooked Oeuvres, Picasso, special effects, Surrealism, Winsor McCay | 3 Comments

Douglas Fairbanks and “When the Clouds Roll By”

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Douglas Fairbanks project, the first directing effort of Victor Fleming, stands at the nexus of a number of popular art traditions. It dates from 1919, a year prior to Fairbanks’ swashbuckling debut in “The Mark … Continue reading →