The devil's plaything : American surrealism / Anthology Film Archives in association with British Film Institute, Cineric, Inc., Deutsches Filmmuseum, Film Preservation Associates, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art present ; curator, Bruce Posner ; DVD producer, David Shepard.
Publisher:
Image Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (161 min.) : silent, sound, black and white and color tints ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD-ROM accessible features: filmmaker biographies and photo gallery, acknowledgements, sponsors, film note authors, credits, musicians.
Contents:
love of zero / Robert Florey, William Cameron Menzies, 1928 (15 min.) -- Dream of a rarebit fiend / Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Co., 1906 (10 min.) -- The thieving hand / Vitagraph Company of America, 1908 (6 min.) -- Impossible convicts / G.W. "Billy" Bitzer for American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1905 (3 min.) -- When the clouds roll by (food-induced nightmare) / Victor Fleming, featuring Douglas Fairbanks, 1919 (8 min. excerpt) -- Beggar on horseback (dream fantasy wedding) / James Cruze for Paramount Pictures, featuring Edward Everett Horton 1925 (7 min. excerpt) -- The fall of the House of Usher / Melville Webber, J.S. Watson Jr., 1926-28 (13 min.) -- Life and death of 9413 a Hollywood extra / Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich, 1927 (13 min.) -- The love of zero / Robert Florey, William Cameron Menzies, 1928 (15 min.) -- c. 1930-1970 (4 min.) Jack's dream / Joseph Cornell, Lawrence Jordan, 1928 (24 min.) -- Tomato is another day / J.S. Watson Jr., Alec Watson, 1930/1933 (7 min.) -- The hearts of age / William Vance, Orson Welles, 1934 (8 min.) -- The enigmatic cinema of Joseph Cornell: Unreal news reels / Kodak Cinegraph, c. 1926-28 (6 min. excerpt) -- The children's jury / attributed to Joseph Cornell, 1938 (9 min.) -- Thimble theater / Joseph Cornell, Lawrence Jordan, c. 1930s-1970 (6 min.) -- Carousel-animal opera / Joseph Cornell, Lawrence Jordan, c.1930s-1970 (6 min.) -- Jack's dream / Joseph Cornell, Lawrence Jordan, c. 1930-1970 (4 min.)
Summary:
"Edwin S. Porter and other early filmmakers used bizarre sets, fantastic costumes, and magic lantern tricks to illuminate their fantasy films. American parody supplied Douglas Fairbanks with enough unusual material to produce the truly surreal When the clouds roll by (1919). The expressionistic Cabinet of Dr. Calagari (1919) influenced American sensibilities throughout the 1920s as seen in Beggar on horseback (1925), The life and death of 9413-a Hollywood extra (1927) and The telltale heart (1928). The emphasis shifted when amateurs J.S. Watson, Jr., Joseph Cornell, and Orson Welles crafted a unique variety of American surrealism on film unfettered by European concerns"--Container.
Series:
Unseen cinema ; 2
OCLC:
(OCoLC)148115801
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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.