Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1894-1941 / Anthology Film Archives in association with British Film Institute ... [et al.] ; curated by Bruce Posner ; produced for DVD by David Shepard.
Publisher:
Image Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
7 videodiscs (DVD) (1,127 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Mechanized eye: experiments in technique and form. Devil's plaything: American surrealism. Light rhythms: music and abstraction. Inverted narratives: new directions in storytelling. Picturing a metropolis: New York City unveiled. Amateur as auteur: discovering paradise in pictures. Viva la dance: the beginnings of cine-dance.
Notes:
Originally released as separate motion pictures, 1894-1941. Summary from container. Accompanying guide contains an essay by the curator.
This seven-disc collection contains 155 avant-garde films, revealing hitherto unknown accomplishments of American filmmakers working in the United States and abroad from the invention of cinema until World War II. Offers an innovative and often controversial view of experimental film as a product of avant-garde artists, of professional directors and of amateur moviemakers working collectively and as individuals at all levels of film production.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.