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Music for experimental film / Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip ; produced for video by Tim Lanza.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Verlaine, Tom, arranger, composer, performer.
Rip, Jimmy, arranger, composer, performer.
Man Ray, 1890-1976, director.
Watson, James S. (James Sibley), 1894-1982, director.
Webber, Melville, director.
Vorkapich, Slavko, director.
Florey, Robert, 1900-1979, director.
Richter, Hans, director.
Kirsanov, Dmitri, 1899-1957, director.
Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955, director.
Lanza, Tim, producer.
Rohauer Collection, associated name.
Kino International Corporation, distributor, producer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Silent film music.
Motion picture music.
Film composers.
Genre:
Experimental films.
Short films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Other Title:
Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip music for experimental film
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Kino International, [2007]
System Details:
DVD, NTSC.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
"Innovative and influential musician Tom Verlaine, joined by celebrated producer and guitarist Jimmy Rip, reawaken the spirit of the avant-garde film as they perform a series of newly composed musical scores. The ground-breaking works of Man Ray, Watson & Web[b]er, Fernand Leger and Hans Richter take on new life wrapped in scores that are by turns playful, haunting, serene and intense."--Container sleeve.
Contents:
L'etoile de mer / Man Ray (France, 1928, 12 min.)
The fall of the house of Usher / James S. Watson & Melville Webber (U.S., 1928, 13 min.)
The life and death of 9413, a Hollywood extra / Slavko Vorkapich and Robert Florey (U.S., 1928, 11 min.)
Emak-Bakia / Man Ray (France, 1926, 13 min.)
Rhythmus 21 / Hans Richter (Germany, 1921, 3 min.)
Brumes d'automne / Dimitri Kirsanoff (France, 1929, 12 min.)
Ballet mécanique / Fernand Léger (France, 1924, 10 min.).
Credits:
Mixing and editing, Jimmy Rip.
Notes:
"This DVD is comprised of experimental short films and does not contain footage of live musical performance."--Container sleeve.
Videodisc release of 7 short silent motion pictures and 1 short sound motion picrure produced between 1921 and 1928, with new musical accompaniment added.
"From the Rohauer Collection."--Opening frames of each motion picture.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Contains:
L'etoile de mer
The fall of the house of Usher
The life and death of 9413, a Hollywood extra
Emak-Bakia
Rhythmus 21
Brumes d'automne
Ballet mécanique
OCLC:
180191376
Publisher Number:
738329053826
K538 Kino International

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