Flushing Meadows | |
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Directed by | Joseph Cornell |
Starring | Larry Jordan |
Running time | 8 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
Flushing Meadows ( 1965) is an American short film by Joseph Cornell with Larry Jordan. [1] The film is 8 minutes long, in color, 16mm, and silent. [2]
The film is an ode to the memory of Joyce Hunter, a Queens waitress Cornell met in 1962. [3] Cornell apparently had an infatuation with Hunter even though she was found to have stolen items and attempted to fence them; Cornell never pressed charges against her.
Hunter was murdered in December 1964. [4] The film was produced after her death and is largely a series of scenes from Flushing Cemetery, where Hunter was buried. [5]
The film was first shown publicly at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City, on December 22, 2003.[ citation needed] The short aired twice at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, in commemoration of the centennial of Cornell's birth.[ citation needed]