Avant-garde : experimental cinema of the 1920s and '30s.

"In the latter half of the 20th century, Raymond Rohauer was one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema. Programming diverse films at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, and making the films in his personal archive available for commercial distribution, he helped preser...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Rohauer Collection, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors:	Man Ray, 1890-1976, Vorkapich, Slavko, Florey, Robert, 1900-1979, Kirsanov, Dmitri, 1899-1957, Weinberg, Herman G., Watson, James S. (James Sibley), 1894-1982, Webber, Melville, Richter, Hans, 1888-1976, Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955, Eggeling, Viking, 1880-1925, Painlevé, Jean, Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, Vance, William, Metzner, Ernö, 1892-1954, Epstein, Jean, 1897-1953, Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984, Strand, Paul, 1890-1976, Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965, Dulac, Germaine, 1882-1942, Ivens, Joris, 1898-1989, Steiner, Ralph, 1899-1986, Barlow, Roger, 1912-1990, Hay, Harry, Robbins, LeRoy, 1904-1987, Rohauer, Raymond
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Dutch French German
Language Notes:	Films are primarily silent with music and English, French, German, and Dutch credits and intertitles, with optional subtitles in English on selected films.
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2005]
Edition:	Deluxe two-disc ed.
Subjects:	Surrealism in motion pictures. Experimental films. Surrealist > Short > Videodisc. Silent films. Short films.

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Summary:	"In the latter half of the 20th century, Raymond Rohauer was one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema. Programming diverse films at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, and making the films in his personal archive available for commercial distribution, he helped preserve and promote avant-garde cinema. This two-DVD collection assembles some of the most influential and eclectic short films in the Rohauer Collection, including works by Man Ray, Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, Watson & Webber, Fernand Léger, Joris Ivens, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Jean Epstein and Orson Welles"--Container.
Item Description:	Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States between 1921 and 1939. "Films from the Raymond Rohauer Collection." The film, Brumes d'automne, is not listed on the container. Dual-layer RSDL edition. Special feature: Film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (387 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:	DVD.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Music by Sue Harshe, Larry Marotta, Paul Mercer, Donald Sosin and (dp)³ ; produced for video by Bret Wood.