Avant-Garde Experimental Cinema (3 Volumes) [6 DVD9s] (2005-2009)

Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s

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Disc 1

* Le Retour à la raison
(Man Ray, France, 1923, 2 min.)
* Emak-Bakia
(Man Ray, France, 1926, 16 min.)
* L'Étoile de mer
(Man Ray, France, 1928, 15.5 min.)
* Les Mystères du château du Dé
(Man Ray, France, 1929, 20 min.)
* The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra
(Slavko Vorkapich, Robert Florey, U.S., 1928, 13 min.)
* Ménilmontant
(Dimitri Kirsanoff, France, 1926, 37 min.)
* Brumes d'automne
(Dimitri Kirsanoff, France, 1928, 12 min.)
* Lot in Sodom
(James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber, U.S., 1933, 27 min.)
* Rhythmus 21
(Hans Richter, Germany, 1921, 3 min.)
* Vormittagsspuk (Ghosts Before Breakfast)
(Hans Richter, Germany, 1928, 9 min.)
* Anémic cinéma
(Marcel Duchamp, France, 1926, 6.5 min.)
* Ballet mécanique
(Fernand Léger, France, 1924, 11 min.)
* Symphonie diagonale
(Viking Eggeling, France, 1924, 7 min.)
* Le Vampire
(Jean Painlevé, France, 1939, 8.5 min.)
* The Hearts of Age
(Orson Welles, William Vance, U.S., 1934, 8 min.)

Disc 2

* Überfall
(Ernö Metzner, Germany, 1928, 22 min.)
* La glace à trois faces
(Jean Epstein, France, 1927, 33 min.)
* Le Tempestaire
(Jean Epstein, France, 1947, 22.5 min.)
* Romance sentimentale
(Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori V. Alexandrov, France, 1930, 20 min.)
* Autumn Fire
(Herman G. Weinberg, U.S., 1931, 15 min.)
* Manhatta
(Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, U.S., 1921, 10 min.)
* La Coquille et le clergyman
(Germaine Dulac, France, 1926, 31.5 min.)
* Regen (Rain)
(Joris Ivens, the Netherlands, 1929, 14 min.)
* H2O
(Ralph Steiner, U.S., 1929, 12 min.)
* Even – As You and I
(Roger Barlow, Harry Hay, LeRoy Robbins, U.S., 1937, 12 min.)

Extras

* Film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein
* Optional English subtitles (on selected films)
* Dual-layer RSDL edition for optimal image quality



Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema from 1928-1954

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DISC ONE

* GEOGRAPHY OF THE BODY
US 1943 B&W 7 Min.
Willard Maas
* THE MECHANICS OF LOVE
US 1955 B&W 5 Min.
Willard Maas and Ben Moore
* VISUAL VARIATIONS ON NOGUCHI
US 1945 B&W 4 Min.
Marie Menken
* THE POTTED PSALM
US 1946 B&W 18 Min.
Sidney Peterson & James Broughton
* THE CAGE
US 1947 B&W 28 Min.
Sidney Peterson
* HOUSE OF CARDS
US 1947 B&W 16 Min.
Joseph Vogel
* CHRISTMAS, U.S.A.
US 1949 B&W 13 Min.
Gregory J. Markopoulos
* ADVENTURES OF JIMMY
US 1950 B&W 10 Min.
James Broughton
* INTERIM
US 1952 B&W 24 Min.
Stan Brakhage
* UNGLASSED WINDOWS CAST A TERRIBLE REFLECTION
US 1953 B&W 29 Min.
Stan Brakhage
* THE WAY TO SHADOW GARDEN
US 1954 B&W 11 Min.
Stan Brakhage
* THE EXTRAORDINARY CHILD
US 1954 B&W 13 Min.
Stan Brakhage

DISC TWO

* REBUS-FILM NO. 1
US 1928 B&W 15 Min.
Paul Leni
* THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
US 1928 B&W 12 Min.
James Watson & Melville Webber
* PACIFIC 231
France 1949 B&W 10 Min.
Jean Mitry
* ARRIERE SAISON
France 1950 B&W 15 Min.
Dimitri Kirsanoff
* TRAITE DE BAVE ET D'ETENITE
(Venom and Eternity) France 1951 B&W 111 Min.
Jean Isidore Isou

Extras

* Film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein
* Theatrical trailer of TRAITE DE BAVE ET D'ETENITE
* Dual-layer RSDL edition for optimal image quality



Avant-Garde Volume 3: Experimental Cinema 1922-1954

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DISC ONE

* DANSE MACABRE
US 1922 Color Tinted 6 Min.
Dir: Dudley Murphy
* RIEN QUE LES HEURES
(Nothing But Time)
US 1926 B&W 46 Min.
Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti
Music by Larry Marotta
* THE TELL-TALE HEART
US 1928 B&W 20 Min.
Dir: Charles F. Klein
Music by Sue Harshe
* TARANTELLA
US 1940 Color 4 Min.
Dir: Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth
* TOMATOS ANOTHER DAY
US 1930 B&W 7 Min.
Dir: James Sibley Watson
* THE UNCOMFORTABLE MAN
US 1948 B&W 23 Min.
Intentionally silent
Dir: Kent Munson, Theodore Huff
The above films are from the collection of the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department
* THE PETRIFIED DOG
US 1948 B&W 18 Min.
Dir: Sidney Peterson
* THE LEAD SHOES (National Film Registry>
US 1949 B&W 16 Min.
Dir: Sidney Peterson
* FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON
US 1951 B&W 14 Min.
Dir: James Broughton

DISC TWO

* PLAGUE SUMMER
US 1951 B&W 15 Min.
Dir: Chester Kessler
* LA MORT DU CERF
(The Death of a Stag)
France 1951 B&W 12 Min.
Dir: Dimitri Kirsanoff
* IMAGE IN THE SNOW
US 1952 B&W 26 Min.
Dir: Willard Maas
* CELERY STALKS AT MIDNIGHT
France 1952 Color 3 Min.
Dir: John Whitney
* THE VOICES
US 1953 B&W 14 Min.
Dir: John E. Schmitz
* CLOSED VISION
US 1954 B&W 65 Min.
Dir: Marc'O

BONUS FILMS

* TOMATOS ANOTHER DAY (outtakes)
US 1930 B&W 5 Min. Dir: James Sibley Watson
* EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A GIN BOTTLE
US 1925 B&W 11 Min. Dir: Bela von Block
Music by Paul Mercer, Bruce Bennett and Davis Petterson
* SCHICHLEGRUBER DOING THE LAMBETH WALK
UK 1941 B&W 2 Min. Dir: Charles A. Ridley
* DEMENTIA (excerpt)
US 1955 B&W 5 Min. Dir: John Parker
* FALLING PINK
US circa late 1950s Color 9 Min. Dir: Robert H. Spring
Music by Paul Mercer and Bruce Bennett

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COLOR: Black & White/Colour
AUDIO: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Mono)
LANGUAGE: English/French
Intertitles: English/French
Subtitles: English (Soft) For French features
RUNTIME: 1068 minutes total
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