Glimpse of the Garden

Glimpse of the Garden
Directed by	Marie Menken
Release date	1957 (1957)
Running time	5 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

• List of avant-garde films of the 1950s

References

1. "Glimpse of a Garden". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
2. "Glimpse of the garden | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
3. "MUBI". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
4. "Through the Looking Glass:Menken, Kobland, Huot, Palazzolo & Kreines|The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
5. "Librarian of Congress Announces National Film Registry Selections for 2007". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
6. "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2020-10-08.

External links

• Glimpse of the Garden at IMDb
• Glimpse of the Garden essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN   0826429777, pages 540-541 Archived 2023-03-31 at the Wayback Machine