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Our Lady of the Sphere
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Wikipedia article
'Our Lady of the Sphere' is a 1969 American experimental film directed by Larry Jordan.[https://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.6/articles/leger1.6.html Larry Jordan-AWN]
Summary
The experimental film features ambiguous characters (a boy, a deep-sea diver and a mystical lady with an orbital head) [https://lux.org.uk/work/our-lady-of-the-sphere LUX] on a surrealist dream-like journey [https://www.worldcat.org/title/our-lady-of-the-sphere/oclc/1022761262 WorldCat.org] 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. In 2010, it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.[https://www.slashfilm.com/national-film-registry-adds-the-empire-strikes-back-24-library-congress/#more-94713 The National Film Registry Adds The Empire Strikes Back and 24 More to the Library of Congress /Film]
See also
* List of American films of 1969
* 1969 in film
* Cutout animation
References
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