Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954

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Avant Garde 2At last, the second volume 2 of Kino Video's Avant garde: Experimental cinema series has been announced. With the release date set to July 24th, this 2 DVD set features an incredible selection of films from the Raymond Rohauer collection with works by Brakhage, Menken, Maas, Peterson, Broughton, etc...
The works included in this set are: Geography of the Body (Willard Maas, USA, 1943, 7 mins.); The Mechanics of Love (Maas/Ben Moore, USA, 1955, 5 mins.); Visual Variations on Noguchi (Marie Menken, USA, 1945, 4 mins.); The Potted Psalm (Sidney Peterson/James Broughton, USA, 1946, 18 mins.); The Cage (Peterson, USA, 1947, 28 mins.); House of Cards (Joseph Vogel, USA, 1947, 16 mins.); Christmas, U.S.A. (Gregory J. Markopoulos, USA, 1949, 13 mins.); Adventures of Jimmy (Broughton, USA, 1950, 10 mins.); Interim (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1952, 24 mins.); Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection (Brakhage, USA, 1953, 29 mins.); The Way to Shadow Garden (Brakhage, USA, 1954, 11 mins.); The Extraordinary Child (Brakhage, USA, 1954, 13 mins.); Rebus-Film No. 1 (Paul Leni, USA, 1928, 15 mins.); The Fall of the House of Usher (James Watson/Melville Webber, USA, 1928, 12 mins.); Pacific 231 (Jean Mitry, France, 1949, 10 mins.); Arriere Saison (Dimitri Kisanoff, France, 1950, 15 mins.); and Traite de bave et d'eternite (Jean Isidore Isou, France, 1951, 111 mins.). Includes film notes by critic/historian Elliott Stein, theatrical trailer of Traite de bave et d'eternite. 2 DVDs, NTSC, 4:3, 350 min., 29,95$. Available for preorder at several sites such as Amazon and Facets.

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