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Wide shot of Las Pozas, ring made of cement in the middle of shot 2. Medium close of cement ring placed as door to get inside property now turned into a museum 3. Tilt...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eXilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 1st November, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of Las Pozas, ring made of cement in the middle of shot \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium close of cement ring placed as door to get inside property now turned into a museum \u003cbr/\u003e3. Tilt up from bottom of stairs to nowhere to show larger view of stairs \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of stairs. \u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot of stairs\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan left of constructions made in the middle of jungle within Edward James' property \u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium close of small construction in Edward James' property \u003cbr/\u003e9. Tilt down from wide of construction in the middle of jungle to people walking on small narrow road \u003cbr/\u003e10. Tilt up from construction basement to tourists walking on first floor \u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of tourist taking photograph \u003cbr/\u003e12. Tourist couple walking in property \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), Raul Villas, local tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I was hoping to see something beautiful, but I'm impressed, architecture here has an astonishing degree of difficulty, and it's clear that knowing the amount of people he used for this work, it must have been a very tough job to do, that required a high level of precision.\" \u003cbr/\u003e14. Tilt up from waterfall to wide shot of people walking on wall built on waterfall's natural path \u003cbr/\u003e15. Medium of people walking on wall built on waterfall's natural path \u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid shot of tourist taking picture \u003cbr/\u003e17. Tilt down and zoom in from medium shot of tourists walking bare foot on stairs next to waterfall to feet on stairs \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), Zaira Li�an, Las Pozas site Director: \u003cbr/\u003e\"He had this wonderful orchids garden because the wheatear allowed him to do it, he loved plants, but most of all he loved orchids, he brought orchids from various parts of the world, but back in 1961 or 1962, don't remember what was exactly the year this took place, a strong frost affected the area and put an end to the production of orchids and some other plants, he felt really disappointed for what happened and decided to make a turn, he didn't want to get rid of the place and so he began to create concrete flowers.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Tilt up giant orchid made of concrete \u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of two plants made of concrete \u003cbr/\u003e21. Tilt up to mid shot of plant made of concrete \u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide shot of garden with concrete structures in the middle. \u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), Zaira Li�an, Las Pozas site Director: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Edward James was a force, definitely a force behind the world of surrealism, because and thanks to the fact that he supported artists such as Dali, Remedios Varo, Magritte or Leonora Carrington, they were able to continue creating more and more work, so he's not only part of or influence by he's part of the artistic movement.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of structure in the basement of waterfall at Las Pozas \u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of structure in the basement of waterfall at Las Pozas \u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Zaira Li�an, Las Pozas site Director:\u003cbr/\u003e\" This is a place that could be in danger of disappearing if we don't do the proper maintenance work for its conservation.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Pan right from stairs covered by water to wide of cascade area, with tourist taking pictures \u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of couple taking picture \u003cbr/\u003eAn unique surrealist masterpiece is in danger of disappearing into the jungle. \u003cbr/\u003eLas Pozas is a sprawling 40-hectare (100-acre) compound of surrealist buildings, built by the English surrealist Edward James. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the lack of regular maintenance means the strange concrete structures may crumble and the garden is becoming overgrown. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the middle of the Mexican jungle a ring shaped structure invites visitors into a mysterious imaginary world. \u003cbr/\u003eStaircases that lead to the sky, concrete flowers and perilous waterfall paths serve as a reminder of the surrealist imagination of the late Edward James, a patron of Salvador Dali and visionary artist/ gardener. \u003cbr/\u003eLocated in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, the sprawling 40-hectare (100-acre) compound is part jungle, part garden and part surrealist masterpiece. \u003cbr/\u003eJames settled in Mexico in the 1940s with dreams of creating a 'garden of Eden', but when his prized orchids were destroyed in a freak frost \u003cbr/\u003eHe then decided to turn his attention creating frost-proof flowers from concrete. \u003cbr/\u003eThe large compound has dozens of surrealist creations including sculptures and the dreamlike 'bridges to nowhere.\u003cbr/\u003eRaul Villas, a local tourist visiting the site is impressed with the architecture. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I was hoping to see something beautiful, but I'm impressed, architecture here has an astonishing degree of difficulty, and it's clear that knowing the amount of people he used for this work, it must have been a very tough job to do, that required a high level of precision. \u003cbr/\u003eZaira Li�an, Las Pozas site director explains the origins of the project. \u003cbr/\u003e\"He had this wonderful orchids garden because the weather allowed him to do it, he loved plants, but most of all he loved orchids, he brought orchids from various parts of the world, but back in 1961 or 1962, don't remember what was exactly the year this took place, a strong frost affected the area and put an end to the production of orchids and some other plants, he felt really disappointed for what happened and decided to make a turn, he didn't want to get rid of the place and so he began to create concrete flowers.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLi�an says James was a patron of surrealist artists like Dali and had influence within the movement. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Edward James was a force, definitely a force behind the world of surrealism, because and thanks to the fact that he supported artists such as Dali, Remedios Varo, Magritte or Leonora Carrington, they were able to continue creating more and more work, so he's not only part of or influence by he's part of the artistic movement.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJames died in 1984 and since then the garden has fallen into a state of disrepair. \u003cbr/\u003eEarlier this year, representatives from the World Monuments Fund visited the site and 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