Avant-Garde
Experimental Cinema of the
1920s and ’30s
(1921-1947)
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Contents: Manhatta (1921), Rhythmus 21 (1921), Le retour à la raison (1923), Le ballet mécanique (1924), Symphonie diagonale (1924), Anémic cinéma (1926), Emak-Bakia (1926), Ménilmontant (1926), La glace à trois faces (1927), Brumes d’automne (1928), La coquille et le clergyman (1928), L’étoile de mer (1928), The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928), Überfall (1928), Vormittagsspuk (1928), Les mystères du Château du Dé (1929), H2O (1929), Regen (1929), Romance sentimentale (1930), Autumn Fire (1931), Lot in Sodom (1933), The Hearts of Age (1934), Even As You and I (1937), Le vampire (1939), Le tempestaire (1947).
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 2005 Kino International edition
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and ’30s (1926), black & white, 360 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, English language subtitles (selected films), chapter stops, keep case, $29.95.
DVD release date: 2 August 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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Kino International has filled in a previously-neglected gap in world cinema available on quality home video with this collection of experimental films. Several of the most-famous avant-garde films of the silent era are presented in this DVD.
The presentation of silent films is accompanied by newly-composed music scores by Donald Sosin, Larry Marotta, Sue Harshe and Paul Mercer. The disc also features film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein, and optional English language subtitles (on selected films).
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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