MASTERWORKS OF AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE EXPERIMENTAL FILM 1920-1970 JORDAN BELSON STAN BRAKHAGE OSKAR FISCINGER KENNETH ANGER MAYA DEREN & FRIENDS 2 DISC SET ARTHOUSE DVD-R!

30 gorgeous arthouse films, restored to pristine high-definition on 2 discs!

1920s

• Manhatta (1920-21) by Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand
• Ballet Mechanique (1923-24) by Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy
• Anémic cinema (filmed 1924-25, released 1926) by Rrose Sélavy a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp
• The Life and Death of 9413–A Hollywood Extra (1927) by Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich
• Skyscraper Symphony (1929) by Robert Florey

1930s

• Mechanical Principles (1930) by Ralph Steiner
• A Bronx Morning (1931) by Jay Leyda
• Lot in Sodom (1930-32, released 1933) by J.S. Watson, Jr., Melville Webber, Alec Wilder, Remsen Wood, Bernard O’Brien.
• Poem 8 (1932-33) by Emlen Etting
• Thimble Theater (c. 1938, unfinished until 1968) by Joseph Cornell

1940s

• Tarentella (1940) by Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth
• The Pursuit of Happiness (1940) by Rudy Burckhardt
• 1941 (1941) by Francis Lee
• Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) by Maya Deren, A. Hackenschmied
• Motion-Painting, No. 1 (1947) by Oskar Fischinger
• Meditation on Violence (1948) by Maya Deren

1950’s

• In the Street (filmed 1945-46, released 1948, 1952) by Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, James Agee.
• Abstronic (1952) by Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth
• Hurry, Hurry! (1957) by Marie Menken
• N.Y., N.Y. (filmed 1949-57, released 1958) by Francis Thompson

1960’s

• Re-Entry (1964) by Jordan Belson
• Castro Street (The Coming of Consciousness) (1966) by Bruce Baillie
• Excerpt from Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969) by Jonas Mekas
• Our Lady of the Sphere (1969) by Lawrence Jordan

1970

• Love It / Leave It (1970) by Tom Palazzolo
• DL2 (Disintegration Line #2) (1970) by Lawrence Janiak
• Transport (1970) by Amy Greenfield

Legacy Bonus Films

• Seasons… (2002) by Phil Solomon, Stan Brakhage
• Manhatta (1920-21) by Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand with new music composed and performed by Henry Wolfe and Phil Carluzzo

color, black & white, mono, stereo, fullscreen, 2 discs. comes packaged as shown in color DVD case, wrapped in plastics!