Heaven and Earth Magic

Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)

The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next follows an elaborate exposition of the heavenly land, in terms of Israel and Montreal. The second part depicts the return to Earth from being eaten by Max Müller on the day Edward VII dedicated the Great Sewer of London.

Date of release
1962-01-01
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (37)
Runtime
1h 6m
Genres
Animation
Director
Harry Smith

Interesting facts

Heaven and Earth Magic is a 1962 American cutout animated film directed by visual artist, filmmaker, and mystic Harry Everett Smith. Jonas Mekas gave the film the title Heaven and Earth Magic in 1965.

Production

The film used cut-outs created from 19th-century catalogues, showing people, animals, plants and inanimate objects. They are presented in contrast to a black background.

The film is accompanied by a musique concrète score prominently featuring the sounds of flowing water, and ticking and chiming clocks, as well as various other sounds from sound effect records. John Waters of The Independent described it as "the sort of soundtrack you could put together in a hotel room", noting that "Smith lived at the Chelsea Hotel, rent unpaid, for much of that time" and that it was likely created in a visionary manner alike th…

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