[news]: New DVD releases 20/11

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[url=http://expcinema.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&I... New DVD releases 20/11[/url]

[b]Lux[/b] has published [url=http://www.lux.org.uk/shop/video.htm]two new DVDs[/url] of british experimental cinema:

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- [b]Ruth Novaczek Selected Film and Video 1990-2005[/b]  is a 2 disc set with the major films by filmmaker and painter [url=http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/ruth_novaczek/index.html][b]Ruth Novaczek[/b][/url]. The first disc centers on her earlier works, dealing 'primarily with notions of identity, often with an ironic or comic angle'; the second disc, containing her later works, 'experiments with abstraction and poetic subjects, employing catchphrase and metaphor, music and rhythm'. The films included in this compilation are [i]Rootless Cosmopolitans[/i] (1990), [i]Cheap Philosophy[/i] (1992), [i]Cactus Babylon[/i] (1996), [i]Talk Israel[/i] (1992-2002), [i]50 50[/i] (1998), [i]Drive She Said [/i](1998), [i]Easy Listening[/i] (2002), [i]Trilogy[/i] (2001), [i]Series One and Two[/i] (1999), [i]Episode [/i](2003) and [i]Sense [/i](2004). DVD PAL, 2 discs, region free, £25.

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- [b]Shoot Shoot Shoot: The London Film-Makers Co-op & British Avant-Garde Film of the 1960s & 1970s [/b]is a co-release between Lux and [b]Re:voir[/b]. [i]Shoot shoot shoot[/i] is a programme curated by [b]Mark Webber[/b], that compiles 13 films made by members of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative from the 1960s and 70s. The DVD is acompanied by a bilingual booklet written by Webber and foreword by [b]A.L.Rees[/b] ([i]A History of Experimental Film and Video[/i]).  The selection includes [i]At The Academy[/i] (Guy Sherwin 1974), [i]Little Dog For Roger[/i] (Malcolm Le Grice 1967), [i]Shepherd's Bush[/i] (Mike Leggett 1971), [i]Hall [/i](Peter Gidal 1968-69), [i]Dirty [/i](Stephen Dwoskin 1965-67), [i]Marvo Movie[/i] (Jeff Keen 1967), [i]Broadwalk [/i](William Raban 1972), [i]Forest Bay II [/i](Chris Welsby 1973), [i]Slides [/i](Annabel Nicolson 1970), [i]Film No. 1[/i] (David Crosswaite 1971), [i]Dresden Dynamo [/i](Lis Rhodes 1971), [i]Footsteps [/i](Marilyn Halford 1974), [i]Leading Light[/i] (John Smith 1975).DVD PAL, 1 disc + booklet, 120 min., region free, £19,95.

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The [b]British Film Institute [/b]has collaborated with the [b]Brothers Quay[/b] to produce a comprehensive edition of their short films. [url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/booksvideo/video/details/quay/][b]Quay Brothers - The Short Films 1979-2003 [/b][/url]is a 2 disc set containing 13 short films, in restored and re-mastered versions with lots of extras, including exclusive interviews and commentaries, alternative versions and some never-completed projects. The shorts incldued are [i]The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer[/i] (1984), [i]This Unnameable Little Broom[/i] (1985), [i]Street of Crocodiles[/i] (1986), [i]Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies[/i] (1987), [i]Stille Nacht I - Dramolet [/i](1988), [i]The Comb[/i] (1990), [i]Anamorphosis [/i](1991), [i]Stille Nacht II - Are We Still Married?[/i] (1992), [i]Stille Nacht III - Tales From Vienna Woods[/i] (1993), [i]Stille Nacht IV - Can't Go Wrong Without You[/i] (1994), [i]In Absentia[/i] (2000), [i]The Phantom Museum[/i] (2003) and [i]The Summit[/i] (1995). You may find an extensive review at [url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=63327]DVDTimes[/url].DVD PAL, 2 discs, 134+121 min., £24,99.

Marcos Ortega's picture
[news]: New DVD releases 20/11

[url=http://expcinema.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&I... New DVD releases 20/11[/url]

[b]Lux[/b] has published [url=http://www.lux.org.uk/shop/video.htm]two new DVDs[/url] of british experimental cinema:

[br /]
[img]http://expcinema.com/site/images/stories/news/novaczekdvd.jpg[/img]
- [b]Ruth Novaczek Selected Film and Video 1990-2005[/b]  is a 2 disc set with the major films by filmmaker and painter [url=http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/ruth_novaczek/index.html][b]Ruth Novaczek[/b][/url]. The first disc centers on her earlier works, dealing 'primarily with notions of identity, often with an ironic or comic angle'; the second disc, containing her later works, 'experiments with abstraction and poetic subjects, employing catchphrase and metaphor, music and rhythm'. The films included in this compilation are [i]Rootless Cosmopolitans[/i] (1990), [i]Cheap Philosophy[/i] (1992), [i]Cactus Babylon[/i] (1996), [i]Talk Israel[/i] (1992-2002), [i]50 50[/i] (1998), [i]Drive She Said [/i](1998), [i]Easy Listening[/i] (2002), [i]Trilogy[/i] (2001), [i]Series One and Two[/i] (1999), [i]Episode [/i](2003) and [i]Sense [/i](2004). DVD PAL, 2 discs, region free, £25.

[img]http://expcinema.com/site/images/stories/news/shootshootshoot.jpg[/img]

- [b]Shoot Shoot Shoot: The London Film-Makers Co-op & British Avant-Garde Film of the 1960s & 1970s [/b]is a co-release between Lux and [b]Re:voir[/b]. [i]Shoot shoot shoot[/i] is a programme curated by [b]Mark Webber[/b], that compiles 13 films made by members of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative from the 1960s and 70s. The DVD is acompanied by a bilingual booklet written by Webber and foreword by [b]A.L.Rees[/b] ([i]A History of Experimental Film and Video[/i]).  The selection includes [i]At The Academy[/i] (Guy Sherwin 1974), [i]Little Dog For Roger[/i] (Malcolm Le Grice 1967), [i]Shepherd's Bush[/i] (Mike Leggett 1971), [i]Hall [/i](Peter Gidal 1968-69), [i]Dirty [/i](Stephen Dwoskin 1965-67), [i]Marvo Movie[/i] (Jeff Keen 1967), [i]Broadwalk [/i](William Raban 1972), [i]Forest Bay II [/i](Chris Welsby 1973), [i]Slides [/i](Annabel Nicolson 1970), [i]Film No. 1[/i] (David Crosswaite 1971), [i]Dresden Dynamo [/i](Lis Rhodes 1971), [i]Footsteps [/i](Marilyn Halford 1974), [i]Leading Light[/i] (John Smith 1975).DVD PAL, 1 disc + booklet, 120 min., region free, £19,95.

[img]http://expcinema.com/site/images/stories/news/brothers-quay.jpg[/img]

The [b]British Film Institute [/b]has collaborated with the [b]Brothers Quay[/b] to produce a comprehensive edition of their short films. [url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/booksvideo/video/details/quay/][b]Quay Brothers - The Short Films 1979-2003 [/b][/url]is a 2 disc set containing 13 short films, in restored and re-mastered versions with lots of extras, including exclusive interviews and commentaries, alternative versions and some never-completed projects. The shorts incldued are [i]The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer[/i] (1984), [i]This Unnameable Little Broom[/i] (1985), [i]Street of Crocodiles[/i] (1986), [i]Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies[/i] (1987), [i]Stille Nacht I - Dramolet [/i](1988), [i]The Comb[/i] (1990), [i]Anamorphosis [/i](1991), [i]Stille Nacht II - Are We Still Married?[/i] (1992), [i]Stille Nacht III - Tales From Vienna Woods[/i] (1993), [i]Stille Nacht IV - Can't Go Wrong Without You[/i] (1994), [i]In Absentia[/i] (2000), [i]The Phantom Museum[/i] (2003) and [i]The Summit[/i] (1995). You may find an extensive review at [url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=63327]DVDTimes[/url].DVD PAL, 2 discs, 134+121 min., £24,99.

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