10 Bizarre Experimental Films You Won't Believe Actually Exist

8. Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart could be described as the very first fanvid. It was made by Joseph Cornell in 1936, after the artist purchased a copy of East of Borneo at a junk shop. Cornell had a fascination (an obsession, if we're going to be totally honest) with the film actress Rose Hobart, who was the star of this film. But to make the 77-minute movie more palatable, he decided to edit out the uninteresting parts and make a new cut of the film, along with additional stock footage from documentaries and nature films. The new version, now called Rose Hobart, serves as an homage to the lovely young actress that Cornell admired. By projecting the film through a piece of blue tinted glass, it took on a hazy, surreal quality. In fact, the screening of Rose Hobart famously sent the artist Salvador Dali into a rage, accusing Cornell of stealing the idea from a dream that he once had.