The Hearts of Age
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Hearts of Age |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1934 |
| length | 8 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Orson Welles , William Vance |
| script | Orson Welles |
| production | William Vance |
| camera | William Vance |
| occupation | |
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The Hearts of Age is an eight-minute short film from 1934 . Orson Welles , then 19 , shot it with his school friend William Vance.
action
At the beginning an older woman can be seen rocking back and forth on a bell while a wig-wearing servant pulls a rope. Another gentleman appears at the top of a staircase and solicits her attention, but she does not react. The servant strangles himself with the help of a rope. The gentleman who came down the stairs is now sitting in a darkened room and playing the piano. He opens the lid of the piano, where he finally discovers the old woman's body.
background
Sometime later, Welles admitted in an interview that The Hearts of Age was intended as a humorous imitation of the early surrealist films by Luis Buñuel and Jean Cocteau .
Web links
- The Hearts of Age in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hearts of Age , sensesofcinema.com, February 2006
- ↑ The Hearts of Age: Orson Welles' Surrealist First Film (1934) , openculture.com, August 13, 2012