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The Mesmerist
16m
Directed by Bill Morrison | 16 mins | 2003
A decay-pitted nitrate print of James Young’s 1926 Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff vehicle "The Bells" takes on an almost psychedelic, hallucinatory quality via Morrison’s re-edit, which sets a scene at the carnival midway to an ominous, rumbling score courtesy legendary jazz guitarist Bill Frisell.