
Cotton Candy
Gehr uses a mini-digital recorder to look back on the Machine Age in the form of San Francisco's soon-to-be-shuttered Musee Mecanique. For slightly more than an hour, Cotton Candy documents this venerable collection of coin-operated mechanical toys—including an entire circus—mainly in close-up, isolating particular details as he alternates between ambient and post-dubbed (or no) sound. By treating the Musee's cast of synchronized figures as puppets, the artist is making a show—but is it his or theirs? Gehr's selective take on the arcade renders it all the more spooky. There's a sense in which Cotton Candy is a gloss on the moment in The Rules of the Game when the music-box-collecting viscount unveils his latest and most elaborate acquisition. (It also brings to mind the climax of A.I.: The DV of the future tenderly regards the more human machine of the past.) (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice)
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- English
- san francisco, california
- avant-garde
- mechanical toys
Top billed cast
Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereMuseum of Modern Art30 Apr 2002
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival13 Feb 2003
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- When was Cotton Candy released?
- Cotton Candy was released on 30 April 2002.
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- What is the rating of Cotton Candy?
- Cotton Candy holds a 8.0/10 audience score from 1 votes.
- Who directed Cotton Candy?
- Cotton Candy (2002) was directed by Ernie Gehr.
- How long is Cotton Candy?
- Cotton Candy runs for 56m.












