Antin Eleanor The Adventures of a Nurse ( Parts I and II) (1976)

1976, 65 min, color, sound Part I: The artist, in the role of a nurse, fantasizes on romantic themes, using a set of foothigh, handpainted paper dolls as actors. A fantasy within a fantasy. The Nurse Eleanor paper doll performs as a surrogate self for Nurse Eleanor Antin and is the much putupon but brave heroine of a succession of romances with a dying poet, a biker, and a doctor. Part II: Nurse Eleanor s romantic odyssey continues with two new lovers †a French ski bum and an antiwar senator.