Our Lady of the Sphere

Our Lady of the Sphere
Directed byLarry Jordan
Distributed byCanyon Cinema
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States

Our Lady of the Sphere is a 1969 American experimental film directed by Larry Jordan.[1]

Summary

The experimental film features ambiguous characters (a boy, a deep-sea diver and a mystical lady with an orbital head) [2] on a surrealist dream-like journey [3] full of various imagery through juxtaposed with symbols and images from themes such as antiquity to the space age, accompanied by alternating backgrounds, before the film ends in a garden.

Legacy

Our Lady of the Sphere is now part of Anthology Film Archives' Essential Cinema Repertory collection.[4] In 2010, it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Larry Jordan-AWN
  2. ^ LUX
  3. ^ WorldCat.org
  4. ^ "Essential Cinema". Anthology Film Archives. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  5. ^ Library of Congress (2011-01-04). "2010 National Film Registry Announced - News Releases". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  6. ^ The National Film Registry Adds ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and 24 More to the Library of Congress — /Film


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