Diskusia
Best known for his singular cutout animation style, the films of avant-garde great Lawrence Jordan channel the unconscious to construct surrealist dream-like distortions of imaginary rituals. Found graphics of animals, objects and characters come alive against backdrops of drawings and engravings by masters like Gustav Doré. Collaborator with Stan Brakhage, assistant and friend of Joseph Cornell, and co-founder of Canyon Cinema, Jordan has championed the use of film as a vehicle for personal expression from coast to coast for over six decades.
Paintings and photographs (nature scenes, portraiture, King Tut's golden mask) are juxtaposed in a beautiful moving film collage. The film uses cut-out material that verges on the post-modern, but rather than critique and ironic comment it achieves a cosmic sense of wonder out of the combination of this 20th century imagery.