Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & 30s

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 Allin

• Director:

  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 Franken

• Producer:

  Herman G. Weinberg, Melville Webber, Joris Ivens, Mannus Franken

• Screenwriter:

  Fernand Léger, Antonin Artaud, Herman G. Weinberg, Melville Webber, Jean Epstein, Joris Ivens, Mannus Franken

• Cinematographer:

  Dudley Murphy, Man Ray, Paul Parguel, James Sibley Watson, Jr., Paul Strand, André Raymond, Joris Ivens

• Composer (Music Score):

  Lee Erwin, Duke Ellington, Hanns Eisler, Lou Lichtveld

• Editor:

  Joris Ivens

• Still Photographer:

  Charles Sheeler