The amateur as auteur :  discovering paradise in pictures / 

 - 1 videodisc (175 min.) :  sound & silent, black and white and color ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1894-1941 ;  6 .
 - Unseen cinema ;  6. .
<br/><br/> Aspect ratio 1.33:1.  Originally released between 1924 and 1942.  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. 
<br/><br/>Case sound tests  Windy Ledge Farm  day in Santa Fe  Stewart Family home movies  (c. 1924-25) / Theodore Case & Earl Sponable --  (c. 1929-34) / Elizabeth Woodman Wright -- A  (1931) / Lynn Riggs & James Hughes -- 4  (c. 1935-39) / Archie Stewart -- Children's party  Cotillion  Midnight party  Haiti  Tree trunk to head  Bicycle polo at San Mateo  1126 Dewey Avenue, Apt. 207  (c. 1938) / Joseph Cornell --  (c. 1938) / Joseph Cornell -- The  (c. 1938) / Joseph Cornell --  (1938) / Rudy Burckhardt --  (1938) / Lewis Jacobs --  (1940-42) / Frank Stauffacher --  (1939) / John C. Hecker. 
<br/><br/>Administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther ; music, Neal Kurz ...[et al.]  Administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther ; music, Neal Kurz ...[et al.] 
<br/><br/> "These home-made films incorporate avant-garde strategies and techniques to achieve a true sense of cinematic intimacy"--www.unseen-cinema.com 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital stereo; Region 0. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>014381059229 (set) 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>ID0592DSDVD  Image Entertainment 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Amateur films--History.--United States<br/>Experimental films--United States.<br/>Motion pictures--United States.<br/>Motion pictures.<br/>Motion pictures, American.<br/>History.<br/>Experimental films.<br/>Amateur films.<br/>Motion pictures, American--History.<br/>Surrealism in motion pictures.<br/>Surrealism in motion pictures.<br/>Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.<br/>Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Experimental films.<br/>Experimental films.<br/>Silent films.<br/>Silent films.<br/>Short films.<br/>Short films.<br/>Documentary films.<br/>Documentary films.<br/>Video recordings.<br/>Video recordings.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.E96  / U578 2005