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Avant-garde. 2 [videorecording] : experimental cinema,1928-1954 / Kino International.

Deluxe two-disc ed.

New York, NY : Kino International, c2007.

2 videodiscs (341 min.) : sd. & si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Originally produced as individual silent or sound motion pictures in the United States, Germany, and France, these seventeen short films epitomize the development of experimental film from the 1920's through the 1950's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime programmer at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. Rohauer helped preserve and promote avant-garde cinema, and these films from his personal archive are some of the most influential and eclectic short films made during the 20th Century.

Experimental films -- United States.

Experimental films -- France.

Experimental films -- Germany.

Experimental films -- United States -- History.

Motion pictures, American -- History.

Motion pictures -- United States -- History.

Motion pictures -- France -- History.

Motion pictures -- Germany -- History.

Surrealism in motion pictures.

Visual literature.

Surrealism.

Silent films.

Short films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Nonfiction films.

Film adaptations.

Experimental films.

Maas, Willard, 1906-1971.

Menken, Marie, 1909-1970.

Moore, Ben.

Vogel, Joseph, b. 1911.

Peterson, Sidney, 1912-

Broughton, James, 1913-1999.

Markopoulos, Gregory J.

Brakhage, Stan.

Ihrig, Paul R.

Leni, Paul, 1885-1929.

Webber, Melville.

Watson, James S. (James Sibley), 1894-1982.

Mitry, Jean.

Kirsanov, Dmitri, 1899-1957.

Isou, Isidore.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Fall of the house of Usher.

Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. Pacific 231.

Gryphon Productions.

Workshop 20 (Firm)

California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco, Calif.)

Farallone Films.

Tadié Cinéma (Firm)

Films Kirsanoff (Firm)

Rohauer Collection.

Kino International Corporation.

Subtitle on disc label and container: Films from the Raymond Rohauer collection.

Experimental cinema, 1928-1954.

Booklet includes film notes by Elliott Stein.

Mechanics of love: zither, John Gruen. Visual variations on Noguchi: music by Lucia Dlugoszewski. Potted psalm: music composed and performed by Sue Harshe. Cage: photography by Hy Hirsh ; music composed and performed by Larry Marotta. Christmas, U.S.A.: music composed and performed by Larry Marotta. Adventures of Jimmy: photography, Frank Stauffacher ; editing, Kermit Sheets ; musical direction, Weldon Kees. Interim: cinematography, S. Phillips ; musical score, J. Tenney. Unglassed windows cast a terrible reflection: music composed and performed by Sue Harshe. Rebus-film no. 1: text, Hans Brennert ; technique, Guido Seeber ; music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis. Pacific 231: Symphony orchestra conducted by Arthur Honegger ; editing, Jean Mitry et Marc Ducouret ; camerawork, André Tadié, Jean Jarret, André Périé. Arrière saison: Images de [photography], André Costey ; musique de Arthur Hoérée. Traité de bave et d'éternité: photography, Nat. Saufer ; edited by Suzanne Carbon ; English titles, Charles Clement.

Geography of the body: Commentary by George Barker. Mechanics of love: Michael Crane, Nina Glenn ; House of cards: Crane Whitley, Gail Roberts, Harriet Ann Gray. Potted psalm: Beatrix Perry, Harry Honig, Joyce Geary, Donald Nelson, Ann Whittington, Bernice Van Gelder, Janice Dieckman, Victoria Vinugo. Cage: Joseph Brusberg, James Keeney, Anne Hopkins, Beverly Campbell, Rex Mason, Charles Campbell, Harlan Jackson, Merle Jensen. Adventures of Jimmy: James Broughton. Interim: W. Newcomb, Janice Hubka. Unglassed windows cast a terrible reflection: Lawrence Jordan, Yvonne Fair, Taggart Deike, Walter Newcomb, Eva Neumann, Robert Benson. Way to shadow garden: Walt Newcomb. Extraordinary child: , Walt Newcomb, Lawrence Jordan, Yvonne Fair, Robert Benson, Stan Brakhage. Fall of the House of Usher: Herbert Stern, Hidegarde Watson, Melville Webber. Arrière saison: joué par [played by] Gilliane Sarno, Pierre Lobreau. Traité de bave et d'éternité: Marcel Archard, Jean-Louis Barrault, Blanchette Brunoy, Blaise Cendrars, Jean Cocteau, Daniele Delorme, Edouard Dhermitte, Daniel Gelin, André Maurois, A. Salacrou, Rodica Valeanu.

DVD.

Silent or with music; credits and intertitles in English, French, and German ; optional subtitles in English (on selected films).

Geography of the body / produced by Willard Maas Mechanics of love : a film poem / by Willard Maas and Ben Moore Visual variations on Noguchi / by Marie Menken ; a Gryphon Production House of cards / by Joseph Vogel Potted psalm / by Sidney Peterson and James Broughton Cage / produced by Workshop 20, California School of Fine Arts ; directed by Sidney Peterson Christmas, U.S.A. / by Gregory J. Markopoulos Adventures of Jimmy / a Farallone Films production ; by James Broughton Interim / scenario & direction, J. S. Brakhage Unglassed windows cast a terrible reflection / produced by Paul R. Ihrig ; written, photographed and directed by J. Stan Brakhage Way to shadow garden / by Brakhage Extraordinary child / produced, directed and photographed by Stan Brakhage

Rebus-film no. 1 / idea, Paul Leni ; Fall of the House of Usher : a film version of Poe's story / by Melville Webber and J. S. Watson Jr. Pacific 231 / Tadie Cinema ; an 'essay' by Jean Mitry ; based on the symphonic movement by Arthur Honegger Arrière saison / Les Films Kirsanoff présentent ; écrit et réalisé par Dimitri Kirsanoff Traité de bave et d'éternité = Venom and eternity / Society of Cinema Arts and Raymond Rohauer present ; directed by Jean-Isidore Isou

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