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Probably the first feature length avant-garde film produced in America, this classic surrealistic film is an omnibus work consisting of seven parts. Each dream episode, offered for sale by Joe, a poor young poet, is shaped by one of the contributing visual artists. Joe, a young man down on his luck, discovers he has the power to create dreams, and sets up a business selling them to others. The dreams he gives to his clients are the creations of Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, and Hans Richter. 

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. Optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired
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Dreams that money can buy : a film in seven segments: Desire / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Max Ernst ; music, Paul Bowles
The girl with the prefabricated heart / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Fernand Léger ; lyrics, Jean Latouche ; sung by Libby Holman, Josh White
Ruth, roses, and revolvers / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Man Ray ; music, Darius Milhaud
Discs / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Marcel Duchamp ; music, John Cage
Ballet / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Alexander Calder ; music, Paul Bowles
Circus / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Alexander Calder ; music, David Diamond
Narcissus / based on drawings, objects and suggestions by Hans Richter ; music, Louis Applebaum

Musical director, Louis Applebaum ; cinematography, Arnold Eagle in cooperation with Werner Brandes, Meyer Rosenblum, Herman Schulman.