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The mechanized eye : experiments in technique and form / - 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound & silent, black and white and tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + (1 booklet [16] pages ; 19 cm). - Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1894-1941 ; 1 . - Unseen cinema ; 1. .

Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Originally released in the 1900. Special features: New recordings of original music by George Antheil, Marc Blitzstein and others; new film scores by Eric Beheim, Neal Kurz, Paul A. Lehrman, Guy Livingston, Rodney Sauer, Donald Sosin and others; film notes and filmmaker biographies by historians and scholars Kevin Brownlow, David Curtis, Robert A. Haller, Jan-Christopher Horak, David James, Scott MacDonald, Bruce Posner, David Shepard, Paul Spehr, Cecile Starr and 32 others; rare photos of the films and filmmakers; essay by curator Bruce Posner.

Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace Palace of Electricity Champs de Mars Panorama of Eiffel Tower Scene from elevator ascending Eiffel Tower Captain Nissen going through Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls Down the Hudson ghost train Westinghouse Works, panorama view Street Car Motor Room In youth, beside the lonely sea 5 Paris Exposition films (1900) / James White: (1900) -- (1900) -- (1900) -- (1900) -- (1900) -- (1901 : creators unknown) -- (1903) / Frederick Armitage & A.E. Weed -- The (1903 : creators unknown) -- (1904) / G.W. "Billy" Bitzer -- (c. 1924-25 : creators unknown). Melody on parade cartomancienne (The Fortune Teller) Pie in the sky Travel notes Oil: a symphony in motion Poem 8 Storm Portrait of a young man Movement one Movement two Movement three. (c. 1936 : creators unknown) -- La (1932) / Jerome Hill -- (1934-35) / Nykino: Elia Kazan, Ralph Steiner & Irving Lerner -- (1932) / Walker Evans -- (1933) / Artkino: M.G. MacPherson & Jean Michelson -- (1932-33) / Emlen Etting -- (1942-43) / Paul Burnford -- (1925-31) / Henwar Rodakiewicz -- -- --

Administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther. Administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther.

"The dynamic qualities of motion pictures are explored by cameramen and filmakers through novel experiments in technique and form."--Container.


DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital stereo; Region 0.

Standard No.: 014381059229 (set)

Publisher. No.: ID0592DSDVD Image Entertainment

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Experimental films--United States.
Motion pictures--United States.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures, American.
History.
Experimental films.
Motion pictures, American--History.
Surrealism in motion pictures.
Surrealism in motion pictures.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Experimental films.
Experimental films.
Silent films.
Silent films.
Short films.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.E96 / U57 2005