| Actor: Stan Brakhage Director: Jean Mitry; Stan Brakhage; James Broughton Genres: Indie & Art House, Classics, Documentary, Mystery & Suspense Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Silent Films, Film History & Film Making, Mystery & Suspense Studio: Kino Video Format: DVD - Black and White - Subtitled DVD Release Date: 07/24/2007 Release Year: 2007 Run Time: 5hr 41min Screens: Black and White Number of Discs: 2 SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 9 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages: French, German, Swedish Subtitles: English |
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  | Avant-Garde 2 Experimental Cinema 1928-1954 Actor: Stan Brakhage Director: Jean Mitry; Stan Brakhage; James Broughton Genres: Indie & Art House, Classics, Documentary, Mystery & Suspense NR 2007 5hr 41min In the latter half of the 20th Century, Raymond Rohauer was one of the nation s foremost proponents of experimental cinema. This two-disc collection continues Kino s tribute to the Rohauer Collection, including the early w... more » |
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Movie ReviewsA cocktail of masterpieces and kitsch Thorkell Agust Ottarsson | Norway | 08/22/2007 (3 out of 5 stars) "The First Avant Garde collection from Kino International is my all time favorite film collection. I was therefore quite exited when I learned that Kino was issuing another one. The following review is my humble opinion of this collection.
I have to admit that Avant Garde 2 is far from as good as the first one. The transfer is better (almost perfect) and the sound/music is really good, but many of the films are just kitsch. Some of the films are interesting while few of them are really good. Almost all of the films are from USA which may explain the weakness of this collection (Avant Garde came late to maturity in America). Coriously the most famous American Avant Garde film is missing from this collection, Namely "Meshes of the Afternoon" by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid. It does how ever have four early films by Brackage and two of them are really good ("Interim" and "Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection"). The third good American film in this collection is the classic "The Fall of the House of Usher" by James Watson and Melville Webber (the transfer of the film is amazing). There are three French films on the disk and all of them are excellent ("Pacific 231", "Arriere saison" and "Venom and Eternity"). Venom and Eternity is a classic Avant Garde masterpiece (presented in a longer version than previously seen in the USA; a 111 min. version). It has not lost any of its punches and is a must see for anyone interested in Avant Garde and the limits (and the nature) of the Film language. To sum it up. There are 17 films in this collection, 6 of them are really good, about 4 are interesting, but the rest is kitsch (IMO). And Finally, here is the list of the films: DISC ONE GEOGRAPHY OF THE BODY US 1943 B&W 7 Min. Willard Maas THE MECHANICS OF LOVE US 1955 B&W 5 Min. Willard Maas and Ben Moore VISUAL VARIATIONS ON NOGUCHI US 1945 B&W 4 Min. Marie Menken THE POTTED PSALM US 1946 B&W 18 Min. Sidney Peterson & James Broughton THE CAGE US 1947 B&W 28 Min. Sidney Peterson HOUSE OF CARDS US 1947 B&W 16 Min. Joseph Vogel CHRISTMAS, U.S.A. US 1949 B&W 13 Min. Gregory J. Markopoulos ADVENTURES OF JIMMY US 1950 B&W 10 Min. James Broughton INTERIM US 1952 B&W 24 Min. Stan Brakhage UNGLASSED WINDOWS CAST A TERRIBLE REFLECTION US 1953 B&W 29 Min. Stan Brakhage THE WAY TO SHADOW GARDEN US 1954 B&W 11 Min. Stan Brakhage THE EXTRAORDINARY CHILD US 1954 B&W 13 Min. Stan Brakhage DISC TWO REBUS-FILM NO. 1 US 1928 B&W 15 Min. Paul Leni THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER US 1928 B&W 12 Min. James Watson & Melville Webber PACIFIC 231 France 1949 B&W 10 Min. Jean Mitry ARRIÈRE SAISON France 1950 B&W 15 Min. Dimitri Kirsanoff TRAITÉ DE BAVE ET D'ÈTERNITÉ (Venom and Eternity) France 1951 B&W 111 Min. Jean Isidore Isou" |
