Director and Cast: Charley Bowers / USA / Release Date: 1926-27 / Length: 60’ / Soundpainting: Burcu Yılmaz / Presentation: Elif Rongen-Kaynakçı
Ready to explore Charley Bowers’ land of miracles? A tree you can pick cats off the branches, eggs with a car inside, dancing peacocks... Forgotten on dusty shelves of cinema history, behind closed doors, inside lockboxes; the nutty inventor Charley Bowers’ films are back on the big screen now! In this magical universe where the most bizarre inventions come to life, everything is like popped straight out of the most absurd dreams and wildest fantasies. Come around to attend the screening of this collection if you want to step into Charley Bovers’ land of miracles.
Surrealist short comedies Charley Bowers made in the 1920s by mixing comedy shows with stop-motion animation techniques under the inspiration of avant-garde art movement of the time have long been forgotten. Due to newly restorations, they now are back on screen to meet the modern audience. In this session you can watch Charley Bowers’ surreal comedies.