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The Devil's plaything : American surrealism / Anthology Film Archives in association with the British Film Institute ... [and others] ; curated by Bruce Posner, produced for DVD by David Shepard.
LIBRA DVD 005 883
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Unseen cinema ; 2.
- Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1894-1941 ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Experimental films--United States.
- Experimental films.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures, American.
- History.
- United States.
- Motion pictures, American--History.
- Surrealism in motion pictures.
- Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Short films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound & silent, black and white and tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [2005]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital stereo; Region 0.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Early filmmakers used bizarre sets, fantastic costumes, and magic lantern tricks to illuminate their fantasy films."--Container.
- Contents:
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) / Edwin S. Porter
- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) / Edwin S. Porter
- The Thieving Hand (1907 : creators unknown)
- Impossible Convicts (1905) / G.W. "Billy" Bitzer
- When the Clouds Roll By (1919) / Douglas Fairbanks & Victor Fleming
- Beggar on Horseback (1925) / James Cruze
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1926-28) / J.S. Watson, Jr. & Melville Webber
- The Life and Death of 9413 : A Hollywood Extra (1927) / Robert Florey & Slavko Vorkapich
- The Love of Zero (1928) / Robert Florey & William Cameron Menzies
- The Telltale Heart (1928) / Charles Klein
- Tomatos Another Day (1930/1933 / J.S. Watson, Jr. & Alec Wilder
- The Hearts of Age (1934) / William Vance & Orson Welles
- The enigmatic world of Joseph Cornell
- Unreal news reels, nos. 1 & 2 (c. 1926 : creators unknown)
- The Children's Jury (c. 1938 : creators unknown)
- Thimble Theater (c. 1938) / Joseph Cornell & Lawrence Jordan
- Carousel: Animal Opera (c. 1938) / Joseph Cornell & Lawrence Jordan
- Jack's Dream (c. 1938) / Joseph Cornell & Lawrence Jordan.
- Credits:
- Administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther ; music, Eric Beheim, Robert Israel, Donald Sosin, Alec Wilder.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Originally released between 1924 and 1942.
- Special features: New recordings of original music by George Antheil, Marc Blitzstein and others; new film scores by Eric Beheim, Neal Kurz, Paul A. Lehrman, Guy Livingston, Rodney Sauer, Donald Sosin and others; film notes and filmmaker biographies by historians and scholars Kevin Brownlow, David Curtis, Robert A. Haller, Jan-Christopher Horak, David James, Scott MacDonald, Bruce Posner, David Shepard, Paul Spehr, Cecile Starr and 32 others; rare photos of the films and filmmakers; essay by curator Bruce Posner.
- OCLC:
- 62211905
- Publisher Number:
- 014381059229 (set)
- ID0592DSDVD Image Entertainment
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