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'''''Flushing Meadows''''' is a 1965 American short film by Lawrence Jordan, with director [[Joseph Cornell]]. It is 8 minutes long, in colour, 16 mm, and silent.
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'''''Flushing Meadows''''' ([[1965 in film|1965]]) is an American short film by [[Joseph Cornell]] with [[Larry Jordan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/joseph-cornell-white-magic-filmmaker |title=Joseph Cornell: White Magic Filmmaker| website=expcinema.org}}</ref> The film is 8 minutes long, in color, [[16mm film|16mm]], and [[silent film|silent]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.philoctetes.org/calendar/joseph_cornells_flushing_meadows_a_work_of_art_and_mourning/ |title=Joseph Cornell's Flushing Meadows: A Work of Art and Mourning|website=Philoctetes}}</ref>


The film is an ode to the memory of [[Joyce Hunter]], a Queens [[waitress]] Cornell met in 1962. Cornell apparently had an infatuation with Hunter even though she was found to have stolen items and attempted to fence them. Cornell never pressed charges against Hunter and she was murdered in 1965. The film was produced after Hunter's death and is largely a series of scenes from [[Flushing Cemetery]] where Hunter was buried.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/nyregion/neighborhood-report-flushing-poet-enigmatic-film-ode-vanished-love.html?ref=josephcornell</ref>
The film is an ode to the memory of Joyce Hunter, a Queens [[waitress]] Cornell met in 1962.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.artlyst.com/news/joseph-cornell-enigmatic-american-surrealist-artist-explored-in-new-film/|title= Joseph Cornell: Enigmatic American Surrealist Artist Explored In New Film| website=artlyst}}</ref> Cornell apparently had an infatuation with Hunter even though she was found to have stolen items and attempted to fence them; Cornell never pressed charges against her.


Hunter was murdered in December 1964.<ref>{{cite web|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKvOVACnRm8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/LKvOVACnRm8| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Joseph Cornell's Flushing Meadows: A Work of Art and Mourning}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was produced after her death and is largely a series of scenes from [[Flushing Cemetery]], where Hunter was buried.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/nyregion/neighborhood-report-flushing-poet-enigmatic-film-ode-vanished-love.html?ref=josephcornell|title=Neighborhood Report: Neighborhood-report-flushing-poet-enigmatic-film-ode-vanished-love|work=The New York Times |date=December 21, 2003}}</ref>
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The film was first shown publicly at the [[Gramercy Theatre]] in [[New York]] on December 22, 2003. The short aired twice at the [[2004 Toronto International Film Festival]], in commemoration of the centennial of Cornell's birth.

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The film was first shown publicly at the [[Gramercy Theatre]] in [[New York City]], on December 22, 2003.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} The short aired twice at the [[2004 Toronto International Film Festival]], in commemoration of the centennial of Cornell's birth.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==See also==
*[[List of American films of 1965]]


==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite book|url=https://mubi.com/films/flushing-meadows |title=Flushing Meadows|publisher= MUBI}}


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Latest revision as of 08:14, 17 July 2024

Flushing Meadows
Directed byJoseph Cornell
StarringLarry Jordan
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Flushing Meadows (1965) is an American short film by Joseph Cornell with Larry Jordan.[1] The film is 8 minutes long, in color, 16mm, and silent.[2]

The film is an ode to the memory of Joyce Hunter, a Queens waitress Cornell met in 1962.[3] Cornell apparently had an infatuation with Hunter even though she was found to have stolen items and attempted to fence them; Cornell never pressed charges against her.

Hunter was murdered in December 1964.[4] The film was produced after her death and is largely a series of scenes from Flushing Cemetery, where Hunter was buried.[5]

The film was first shown publicly at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City, on December 22, 2003.[citation needed] The short aired twice at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, in commemoration of the centennial of Cornell's birth.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Joseph Cornell: White Magic Filmmaker". expcinema.org.
  2. ^ "Joseph Cornell's Flushing Meadows: A Work of Art and Mourning". Philoctetes.
  3. ^ "Joseph Cornell: Enigmatic American Surrealist Artist Explored In New Film". artlyst.
  4. ^ "Joseph Cornell's Flushing Meadows: A Work of Art and Mourning". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Neighborhood Report: Neighborhood-report-flushing-poet-enigmatic-film-ode-vanished-love". The New York Times. December 21, 2003.
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