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Palace of pleasure / a film by John Hofsess.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) PN1995.9.S45 H64 2023
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex--Drama.
- Sex.
- Sexual fantasies--Drama.
- Sexual fantasies.
- Women--Sexual behavior--Drama.
- Women.
- Men--Sexual behavior--Drama.
- Men.
- Men--Sexual behavior.
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Genre:
- Drama
- Erotic films
- Experimental films
- Short films
- Experimental films.
- Erotic films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (38 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Canada] : Black Zero, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray, region A; 2.66:1 aspect ratio; stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- Blu-ray
- region A
- Summary:
- "A long-neglected classic of Canadian experimental cinema, a triumph of erotic art, a film about which Gene Youngblood once wrote, "See it and you'll see a window on the future: a Joyce-Burroughs assemblage of bold, poetic surreal visions of physical love in every conceivable form." In 1967, John Hofsess released The Palace of Pleasure, a dual-screen therapeutic exploration of the erotic imagination. Intended as a trilogy, only the first two sequences were completed. The first part, Redpath 25, is a fantasy meeting between a young woman and her dream lover; the second part, Black Zero, is a macabre, ritual vision of sexual freedom and domestic life that haunts the mind long after the screen has darkened."--Black Zero website.
- Participant:
- Redpath 25: Patricia Murphy, Norm Walker.
- Black zero: Michaele-Sue Goldblatt, David Martin, David Hollings, Don Gouthrou.
- Credits:
- Redpath 25: special effects, Robin Hilborn ; photography, John Hofsess.
- Black zero: poetry by Leonard Cohen ; music composed and performed by The Gass Company ; photography, John Hofsess, Peter Rowe.
- Notes:
- Limited Edition of 1000.
- Special features: newly restored 4K digital master from the film's surviving elements, approved by director John Hofsess; commentary by director John Hofsess; commentary by film preservationist Stephen Broomer; The Columbus of sex: a speculative reconstruction, an exploration of Hofsess's lost feature film; The looking cure, a video essay by Broomer; Resurrection of the body, a speculative sequel to Hofsess's film; liner notes by Hofsess and Broomer (Towards a new voluptuary / John Hofsess and The new mysteries: The palace of pleasure and the mystical promise of the sixties / Stephen Broomer.)
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
- Contains:
- Columbus of sex, a speculative reconstruction.
- Looking cure.
- Resurrection of the body.
- OCLC:
- 1370189846
- Publisher Number:
- BZ 001 Black Zero
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