Dreams That Money Can Buy (DVD)

Hans Richter was for four decades one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde. In this film he made the bold attempt to introduce this work to a wider audience. Using the framing story of a man who discovers how to craft and sell dreams to a series of anxious clients, Richter allotted each dream (seven in all) to artists who included Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and Alexander Calder. Some chose to reprise their work in cinematic form - Ernst recreates a sequence from his collage novel La Semaine de Bont and Richter uses music by composers ranging from Darius Milhaud and John Cage to Duke Ellington. Shot for just $25,000 in a Manhattan loft, the film went on to win the Venice Film Festival Award for the best original contribution to the progress of cinematography.

Short films by Hans Richter: Rhythmus 21 (1921)
Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928) and Everyday (1929)
Bonus alternative soundtrack by The Real Tuesday Weld
Filmed interview with The Real Tuesday Weld and Cibelle on composing the soundtrack
Illustrated booklet containing an interview with Hans Richter, film notes, biographies, credits and details on The Real Tuesday Weld