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Esotericism and Surrealist Cinema: Wilhelm Freddie's Films and the New Myth
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media Studies, Cinema Studies.
2017 (English)In: Surrealism, Occultism and Politics: In Search of the Marvellous / [ed] Tessel M. Bauduin, Victoria Ferentinou, Daniel Zamani, New York: Routledge, 2017, p. 118-131Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter situates The Definite Rejection of a Request for a Kiss and Eaten Horizons in the context of Surrealism's change in direction, as well as in the context of Wilhelm Freddie's other transnational activities at the time. Surrealism's overall engagement with esotericism has been the subject of an increasing amount of scholarly scrutiny. In 1949 and 1950, the Danish artist Freddie directed two short films: The Definite Rejection of a Request for a Kiss and Eaten Horizons. The Definite Rejection of a Request for a Kiss premiered in March 1949 in conjunction with the exhibition Surrealistisk manifestation. Eaten Horizons was made under considerably better conditions than The Definite Rejection of a Request for a Kiss. The first sequence in Eaten Horizons employs occult iconography in its conjuring of a mysterious ritual. Hence, in Eaten Horizons, the magic circle appears to be intended to call forth the demons listed in the commentary.

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New York: Routledge, 2017. p. 118-131
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Studies in Surrealism
Keywords [sv]
surrealism, ockultism, film, konsthistoria, Wilhelm Freddie, esoterism
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Studies on Film
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Cinema Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-147364DOI: 10.4324/9781315146652-9ISBN: 9781138054332 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-147364DiVA, id: diva2:1144070
Available from: 2017-09-25 Created: 2017-09-25 Last updated: 2023-04-18Bibliographically approved

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