[url=http://expcinema.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&I... Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954[/url]
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At last, the second volume 2 of [url=http://www.kino.com/ ][b]Kino Video[/b][/url]'s [i]Avant garde: Experimental cinema[/i] series has been announced. With the release date set to July 24th, this 2 DVD set features an incredible selection of films from the [b]Raymond Rohauer[/b] collection with works by [b]Brakhage[/b], [b]Menken[/b], [b]Maas[/b], [b]Peterson[/b], [b]Broughton[/b], etc...[br /]
The works included in this set are: [i]Geography of the Body[/i] (Willard Maas, USA, 1943, 7 mins.); [i]The Mechanics of Love[/i] (Maas/Ben Moore, USA, 1955, 5 mins.); [i]Visual Variations on Noguchi[/i] (Marie Menken, USA, 1945, 4 mins.); [i]The Potted Psalm[/i] (Sidney Peterson/James Broughton, USA, 1946, 18 mins.); [i]The Cage[/i] (Peterson, USA, 1947, 28 mins.); [i]House of Cards[/i] (Joseph Vogel, USA, 1947, 16 mins.); [i]Christmas, U.S.A.[/i] (Gregory J. Markopoulos, USA, 1949, 13 mins.); [i]Adventures of Jimmy[/i] (Broughton, USA, 1950, 10 mins.); [i]Interim[/i] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1952, 24 mins.); [i]Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection[/i] (Brakhage, USA, 1953, 29 mins.); [i]The Way to Shadow Garden[/i] (Brakhage, USA, 1954, 11 mins.); [i]The Extraordinary Child[/i] (Brakhage, USA, 1954, 13 mins.); [i]Rebus-Film No. 1[/i] (Paul Leni, USA, 1928, 15 mins.); [i]The Fall of the House of Usher[/i] (James Watson/Melville Webber, USA, 1928, 12 mins.); [i]Pacific 231[/i] (Jean Mitry, France, 1949, 10 mins.); [i]Arriere Saison[/i] (Dimitri Kisanoff, France, 1950, 15 mins.); and [i]Traite de bave et d'eternite[/i] (Jean Isidore Isou, France, 1951, 111 mins.). Includes film notes by critic/historian Elliott Stein, theatrical trailer of [i]Traite de bave et d'eternite[/i]. 2 DVDs, NTSC, 4:3, 350 min., 29,95$. Available for preorder at several sites such as [url=http://www.amazon.com/Avant-Garde-2-Raymond-Rohauer/dp/B000QCU52U/ref=sr... ]Amazon[/url] and [url=http://www.facets.org/asticat?function=buyitem&catname=facets&catnum=/93023 ]Facets[/url].[br /]