Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & 30s
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Rating:
NR-
Language:
Eng Studio:
KinoUPC:
738329040222Year of Release:
2005Item Number:
KOV004022Release Date:
08/02/2005Genre:
Abstract Film –
Avant-garde / Experimental –
Comedy Drama –
Drama –
Fantasy –
Foreign Films –
Surrealist Film
Format:
DVD
MOVIE DESCRIPTION:
Twenty-five influential experimental films created during an era when the cinema was still establishing its own formal grammar are collected in this special DVD set. Including works by Man Ray, Orson Welles, Marcel Duchamp, Sergei Eisenstein, Jean Epstein, and many more, the material on Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s has been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Most of the films are silent; English subtitles for foreign-language title cards are included. Musical accompaniment is included for the silent shorts, and as a bonus this set features historical notes from film critic Elliott Stein. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD FEATURES:
- Number of Discs: 2
- Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
- Features:
- Film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein
- Optional English subtitles (on selected films)
- Dual-layer RSDL edition for optimal image quality
AWARDS
Library of Congress
- Won U.S. National Film Registry - 1997
- Won U.S. National Film Registry - 1994
National Board of Review
- Nominated Best Picture - 1934
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Cast:
Jules Raucourt - Extra No. 9413
Jeanne Helbling
Alex AllinDirector:
Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Léger, Germaine Dulac, Man Ray, Ralph Steiner, Robert Florey, Herman G. Weinberg, James Sibley Watson, Jr., LeRoy Robbins, Harry Hay, Jean Epstein, Orson Welles, Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Hans Richter, Grigory Alexandrov, Sergei Eisenstein, Viking Eggeling, Erno Metzner, Jean Painlevé, Joris Ivens, Mannus FrankenProducer:
Herman G. Weinberg, Melville Webber, Joris Ivens, Mannus FrankenScreenwriter:
Fernand Léger, Antonin Artaud, Herman G. Weinberg, Melville Webber, Jean Epstein, Joris Ivens, Mannus FrankenCinematographer:
Dudley Murphy, Man Ray, Paul Parguel, James Sibley Watson, Jr., Paul Strand, André Raymond, Joris IvensComposer (Music Score):
Lee Erwin, Duke Ellington, Hanns Eisler, Lou LichtveldEditor:
Joris IvensStill Photographer:
Charles Sheeler
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