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N.p.: N.p., 1977. Four vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1977 film, including three glossy and one satin-finish. One with the stamp of Delemar Films on the verso. Based on Pierre Louys' 1898 novel "Le femme et le patin" ("The Woman and the Puppet"), about the tempestuous relationship between a wealthy, middle-aged Frenchman and a young… Read more about this item

Paris: Greenwich, 1986. Two Draft scripts for the 1986 French film. One script in English, the other in French. A British diplomat's wife takes a chimpanzee named Max to be her lover. Nominated for a Palme d'Or. Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, producer Serge Silberman and actress Milena Vukotic all worked with Luis Buñuel, and accordingly, brought much of Buñuel's… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Two vintage photographs of French director, actor, and illusionist Georges Méliès, struck circa 1950s. Included is one portrait photograph of Méliès circa 1920s, and the other photograph shows Méliès and others at his studio in Montreuil-sous-Bois, circa 1910s. From the collection of René Dazy, with his stamp on the versos. Méliès created France's first… Read more about this item

London: Petersburg Press, 1974. First UK Edition, preceding all others. An artist's book by Belgian conceptual artist Marcel Broodthaers, based on his 1974 film. Good in perfect bound wrappers, with a gift inscription on the title page, light rubbing and soil on the wrappers, and a small bruise on the fore-edge of the rear wrapper.

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film, showing director Luis Buñuel embracing actress Jeanne Moreau. Based on Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel, which follows a chambermaid in 1930s France whose Parisian beauty and sophistication at turns alienate and arouse the bourgeoisie members of the country house where she has recently found employment.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1963 Italian film, showing director Federico Fellini looking into a mirrored tabletop, while a crew member makes adjustments to a camera. Mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the copyright stamps of Lynx and Roma Press Photo services, and a credit for photographer Velio Cioni. Fellini's avant-garde,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1991. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director David Cronenberg and actor Peter Weller on the set of the 1991 film. Based on William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel. Although the film was a box office flop upon release, it is now considered a cult film, entirely faithful to the thematic spirit of the novel, if not the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1963 Italian film, showing director Federico Fellini capturing a scene with Marcello Mastroianni. Mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the copyright stamps of Lynx, NPS, and Roma Press Photo services, and a credit for photographer Velio Cioni. Fellini's avant-garde, autobiographical masterpiece, about an aging Italian director… Read more about this item

New York: AFT International, 1974. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1974 US film. Based on the 1959 play by Eugene Ionesco. A reimagining of Ionesco's darkly comical indictment of human gullibility and herd mentality-a response to rising fascism in pre-WWII Europe-wherein citizens of a small town inexplicably begin turning into rhinoceroses. Set in 1970s… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film, showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript cropping annotations on the verso, along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the… Read more about this item

N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions, 1972. Collection of 15 vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Six bourgeois friends try to sit down to a meal together and are repeatedly interrupted by surreal dream-like happenings in Buñuel's satiric masterpiece. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, also nominated for Best Screenplay. … Read more about this item

N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions, 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film, with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on the verso. Six bourgeois friends try to sit down to a meal together and are repeatedly interrupted by surreal dream-like happenings in Buñuel's satiric masterpiece. Winner of the Academy Award for Best… Read more about this item

N.p., 1974. Three vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 film. A non-linear surrealist satire of Buñuel's usual targets, in this case bourgeois morality and class-based societal structures. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 290.

N.p.: N.p., 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Luis Buñuel discussing a scene with Fernando Rey and Carole Bouquet on the set of the 1977 film. With a printed label affixed to the verso, along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. Based on the 1898 novel "Le femme et le patin" ("The Woman and the Puppet") by… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Luis Buñuel carrying a large wooden cross during filming on location for the 1965 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. A hermit decides to live on top of a column in the middle of the desert in order to feel nearer to God and achieve spiritual purification. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage borderless double weight matte-finish reference photograph taken on the set of the 1972 film, showing director Luis Buñuel working with actress Stéphane Audran between takes. Rubber stamp of photographer R. Nusimovici on the verso. Six bourgeois friends sit down to a meal together, but just prior to dining are repeatedly interrupted by surreal, dreamlike… Read more about this item

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1972. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum between October 26, 1973 and January 21, 1973. Near Fine and unread in illustrated card wrappers.

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film, showing actor Marcello Mastroianni between takes, with a camera crew and scaffolding in the background. Federico Fellini's avant-garde, autobiographical masterpiece, about an aging Italian director who begins to retreat into his memories and fantasies while attempting to make his latest film. Winner of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1963 Italian film, showing actress Claudia Cardinale. Director Federico Fellini's avant-garde, autobiographical masterpiece, about an aging Italian director who begins to retreat into his memories and fantasies while attempting to make his latest film. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and nominated for three… Read more about this item

N.p.: The Clockworks Company, 1978. First Draft script for an unproduced film, circa 1978. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Not to be confused with the 1993 film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Uma Thurman and Lorraine Bracco. Based on the 1976 novel by Tom Robbins. Screenwriter Stephen Geller previously adapted Kurt Vonnegut's… Read more about this item