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David Lynch's The alphabet. Duchamp's Anemic cinema. Pacific 231. Law and disorder
Surrealist-Combination live action and animation-Video.
1 videocassette (approximately 30 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in.
A program of avant garde and experimental short films examining cinematic reality.
Alphabet: David Lynch combines both animation and live action to review the alphabet. This early film presents, for the first time, a few of the surreal elements that would later appear in Eraserhead.
Pacific 231: Jean Mitry uses stylized editing to document a brief train ride.
Anémic cinéma: Marcel Duchamps' major Dada ditty. Hypnotic spirals spin and bring forth nonsense French phrases and poetry.
Law and disorder: New York goes insane--more so than it is now. Film projectors explode, trains don't run, airplanes disappear and people play with giant flowers. This is all supposed to be an examination between cinematic and natural laws and disorders.
Alphabet / David Lynch (original sound) -- Pacific 231 / Jean Mitry (original sound) -- Anémic cinéma / Marcel Duchamp (added copyrighted music track) -- Law and disorder / Dean Constantine & Marie Andrews (original sound)
written and directed by David Lynch ; Pacific 231 : an essay / by Jean Mitry ; Anémic cinéma / by Marcel Duchamp ; Law and disorder / by Dean Constantine [and] Marie Andrews.
Originally released as individual motion pictures.