Glimpse of the Garden

Glimpse of the Garden
Directed byMarie Menken
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

Glimpse of the Garden (also known as Glimpse of a Garden) is a 1957 American short experimental film made by Marie Menken,[1] showing film clips of a garden,[2] with birds chirping for the soundtrack.[3][4]

In 1958, the film won an award at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale at Brussels.

In 2007, the film was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Glimpse of a Garden". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "Glimpse of the garden | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "MUBI". Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Through the Looking Glass:Menken, Kobland, Huot, Palazzolo & Kreines|The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)". Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Librarian of Congress Announces National Film Registry Selections for 2007". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)