Description: “In the latter half of the 20th Century, Raymond Rohouer was one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema. Programming diverse films at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, and making the fims in his personal archive available for commercial distribution, he helped preserve and promote avent-garde cinema. This two-DVD collettion essembles some of the most influential and eclectic short films in the Rohover Collection, including works by Ray, Hans Richter, Mortel Durhamp, Watson & Webber, Fernand Léger, Joris Irens, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Jean Epstein and Orson Welles.” This 2-DVD set features the following avant-garde short films: • ANÉMIC CINÉMA (France 1926 Marcel Duchamp) • AUTUMN FIRE (US 1931 Merman G. Weinberg) • BALLET MÉCANIQUE (France 1924 Fernand Léger) • LA COQUILLE ET LE CLERGYMAN (France 1926 Germaine Dulac) • EMAX-SAKIA (France 1926 Man Ray) • L’ÉTOILE DE MER (France 1928 Man Ray) • EVEN — AS YOU AND I (US 1937 Roger Bariow, Harry Hay and LeRoy Robbins) • LA GLACE À TROIS FACES (France 1927 Jean Epstein) • H2O (US 1929 Ralgh Sitiser) • THE HEARTS OF AGE (US 1934 Orson Welles and William Vance) • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413 A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (US 1928 Slavko Vorkapich and Robert Florey) • LOT IN SODOM (US 1933 James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber) • MANHATTA (US 1921 Paul Strand and Charles Shesle) • MÉNILMONTANT *(France 1926 Dimitri Kirsanot) • LES MYSTÉRES DU CHATEAU DU DÉ (France 1929 Man Ray) • REGEN (Rain) (Netherlands 1929 Jeris Ivens) • LE RETOUR À LA RAISON (France 1923 Man Ray) • RHYTHMUS 21 (Germany 1921 Hass Richter) • ROMANCE SENTIMENTALE (France 1930 Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori V. Alexandrey) • SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE (France 1924 Viking Eggeling) • LE TEMPESTAJRE (France 1947 Jean Epstein) • ÜBERFALL (Germany 1928 Ernő Metzner) • LE VAMPIRE (France 1939 Jess Palalent) • VORMITTAGSSPUK (Ghosts Before Breakfast) (Germany 1928 Hars Richter)
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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Type: Movie
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Release Year: 2005
Subtitle Language: English
Cinematic Movement: Experimental, Avant-garde, Arthouse/Independent
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Edition: Deluxe Edition
Director: George Orson Welles, Jean Epstein, Germaine du Lac
Rating: NR
Format: DVD
Movie/TV Title: Avantgarde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920's and '30's
Sub-Genre: Media Arts
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts