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Anthology of
Surreal Cinema
Volume 1
(1924-1928)

Contents: Le ballet mécanique (1924), Entr’acte (1924), Anémic cinéma (1926) and La coquille et le clergyman (1928).

A lousy DVD collection of four great French avant-garde films.

2005 Risqué Cinema edition

Anthology of Surreal Cinema, Volume 1 (1924-1928),
black & white, 65 minutes total, not rated
including Le ballet mécanique (1924), color-toned black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, Entr’acte (1924), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Anémic cinéma (1926), black & white, 5 minutes, not rated, and La coquille et le clergyman (1928), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated.

Risqué Cinema, RC003, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 4 chapter stops, keep case, $24.95.
DVD release date: 26 April 2005.
Country of origin: USA

At $24.95, this DVD collection of avant-garde films is a total rip-off of consumers. All of the films have been transferred from good to totally-substandard 16mm reduction prints, with much of the framing being excessively cropped. Poor-quality prints always mean poor-quality DVDs.

See our DVD reviews of the individual films: Le ballet mécanique (1924), Entr’acte (1924), Anémic cinéma (1926) and La coquille et le clergyman (1928).

Let’s hope there’s never a second volume in this series. Avoid this set and invest in one of the quality collections noted below.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other AVANT-GARDE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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