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Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986

by National Film Preservation Foundation (Editor), Scott Simmon (Editor)

Other authors: Bruce Baillie (Contributor), Wallace Berman (Contributor), Stan Brakhage (Contributor), Robert Breer (Contributor), Shirley Clarke (Contributor)24 more, Joseph Cornell (Contributor), Storm De Hirsch (Contributor), Hollis Frampton (Contributor), Larry Gottheim (Contributor), Ken Jacobs (Contributor), Lawrence Jordan (Contributor), George Kuchar (Contributor), Owen Land (Contributor), Standish Lawder (Contributor), Saul Levine (Contributor), Christopher MacLaine (Contributor), Jonas Mekas (Contributor), Marie Menken (Contributor), Robert Nelson (Contributor), Pat O'Neill (Contributor), Ron Rice (Contributor), Martin Scorsese (Introduction), Paul Sharits (Contributor), Jane Conger Belson Shimane (Contributor), Harry Smith (Contributor), Chick Strand (Contributor), Andy Warhol (Contributor), William T. Wiley (Contributor), John Zorn (Composer)

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"Presents 26 films by artists who helped to redefine cinema ... Samples an array of film types and styles, from abstract animation to documentary and balances acknowledged classics with rediscoveries. The films are drawn from the preservation work of five of America's foremost avant-garde archives: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Anthology Film Archives, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, and The Pacific Film Archive. None of the titles has been available before on good-quality video in the United States" -- Publisher's website.… (more)
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National Film Preservation FoundationEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simmon, ScottEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Baillie, BruceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berman, WallaceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brakhage, StanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Breer, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clarke, ShirleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cornell, JosephContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
De Hirsch, StormContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Frampton, HollisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gottheim, LarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jacobs, KenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jordan, LawrenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kuchar, GeorgeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Land, OwenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lawder, StandishContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Levine, SaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
MacLaine, ChristopherContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mekas, JonasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Menken, MarieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nelson, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Neill, PatContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rice, RonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Scorsese, MartinIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sharits, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shimane, Jane Conger BelsonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, HarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Strand, ChickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Warhol, AndyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wiley, William T.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Zorn, JohnComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"Presents 26 films by artists who helped to redefine cinema ... Samples an array of film types and styles, from abstract animation to documentary and balances acknowledged classics with rediscoveries. The films are drawn from the preservation work of five of America's foremost avant-garde archives: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Anthology Film Archives, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, and The Pacific Film Archive. None of the titles has been available before on good-quality video in the United States" -- Publisher's website.

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Contains:
  • Disc 1
    • Film No. 3: Interwoven / Harry Smith (1947-49, 3 min.)
    • Notes on the Circus / Jonas Mekas (1966, 12 min.)
    • Here I Am / Bruce Baillie (1962, 10 min.)
    • Fake Fruit Factory / Chick Strand (1986, 22 min.)
    • Odds & Ends / Jane Conger Belson Shimane (1959, 4 min.)
    • Eyewash / Robert Breer (1959, 3 min.)
    • Peyote Queen / Storm De Hirsch (1965, 9 min.)
    • 7362 / Pat O’Neill (1967, 10 min.)
    • Aleph / Wallace Berman (1956-66?, 8 min.)
    • Note to Pati / Saul Levine (1969, 7 min.)
    • By Night with Torch and Spear / Joseph Cornell (1940?, 8 min.)
    • The Riddle of Lumen / Stan Brakhage (1972, 13 min.)
    • The End / Christopher MacLaine (1953, 34 min.)
  • Disc 2
    • Bridges-Go-Round / Shirley Clarke (1958, 4 min.)
    • Go! Go! Go! / Marie Menken (1962-64, 11 min.)
    • Little Stabs at Happiness / Ken Jacobs (1959-63, 15 min.)
    • Chumlum / Ron Rice (1964, 23 min.)
    • Mario Banana (No. 1) / Andy Warhol (1964, 4 min.)
    • I, an Actress / George Kuchar (1977, 9 min.)
    • The Off-Handed Jape … & How to Pull It Off / Robert Nelson & William T. Wiley (1967, 8 min.)
    • New Improved Institutional Quality: In the Environment of Liquids and Nasals a Parasitic Vowel Sometimes Develops / Owen Land (1976, 10 min.)
    • Hamfat Asar / Lawrence Jordan (1965, 13 min.)
    • Necrology / Standish Lawder (1969-70, 11 min.)
    • Fog Line / Larry Gottheim (1970, 11 min.)
    • (Nostalgia) / Hollis Frampton (1971, 36 min.)
    • Bad Burns / Paul Sharits (1982, 6 min.)
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