Bells of Atlantis
Sep 01 1952
•0h 9m
•A perfect fusion of poetry and film, with dense layered imagery and music from electro pioneers Louise and Bebe Barron. The writer Anaïs Nin provides dialogue from her novella “House of Incest” and appears adrift in the undersea realm of Atlantis before ascending to dry land.
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Anaïs Nin
Naked woman in hammock
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