Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954

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 works of Stan Brakhage and influential films by Willard Maas, Gregory Markopoulos, Marie Menken, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Jean Mitry, Sidney Peterson and others. The pièce de résistance is Jean Isidore Isou s passionate manifesto of film aesthetics Traité de bave et d eternité (Venom and Eternity), which sparked a riot when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. This edition of Venom includes 34 minutes of footage never seen in the United States. (DISC 1) GEOGRAPHY OF THE BODY US 1943 B&W 7 Min. Directed by Willard Maas - THE MECHANICS OF LOVE US 1955 B&W 5 Min. Directed by Willard Maas and Ben Moore - VISUAL VARIATIONS ON NOGUCHI US 1945 B&W 4 Min. Directed by Marie Menken THE POTTED PSALM US 1946 B&W 18 Min. Directed by Sidney Peterson & James Broughton - THE CAGE US 1947 B&W 28 Min. Directed by Sidney Peterson - HOUSE OF CARDS US 1947 B&W 16 Min. Directed by Joseph Vogel - CHRISTMAS, U.S.A. US 1949 B&W 13 Min. Directed by Gregory J. Markopoulos - ADVENTURES OF JIMMY US 1950 B&W 10 Min. Directed by James Broughton INTERIM US 1952 B&W 24 Min. Directed by Stan Brakhage - UNGLASSED WINDOWS CAST A TERRIBLE REFLECTION US 1953 B&W 29 Min. Directed by Stan Brakhage - THE WAY TO SHADOW GARDEN US 1954 B&W 11 Min. Directed by Stan Brakhage - THE EXTRAORDINARY CHILD US 1954 B&W 13 Min. Directed by Stan Brakhage (DISC 2) REBUS-FILM NO.1
US 1928 B&W 15 Min. Directed by Paul Leni - THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER US 1928 B&W 12 Min. Directed by James Watson & Melville Webber - PACIFIC 231 France 1949 B&W 10 Min. Directed by Jean Mitry - ARRIÈRE SAISON France 1950 B&W 15 Min. Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff - TRAITÉ DE BAVE ET D ÈTERNITÉ (Venom and Eternity) France 1951 B&W 111 Min. Directed by Jean Isidore Isou