Threshold of liberty

United Kingdom, 1980

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Episode number 5 of Series “The Shock of the New Series”.
The desire for absolute freedom appeared aesthetically as Surrealism where the mystery and melancholy of dreams could renew art and life, producing strange encounters between objects. The Surrealists, traitors to the Bourgeoisie, admirers of de Sade, preached supremacy of desire. However, they were soon absorbed into ‘chic’, and became what they had originally set out to reject - a style.

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Credits

director

David Richardson

producer

Lorna Pegram

production company

BBC

RM Productions

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1980

Appears in

The Shock of the New Series

Group of items

The Shock of the New Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302214

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject category

Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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