1893967948

9781893967946

Originally issued as separate motion pictures 1920-1921 to 1970.

Includes accompanying booklet.

The majority of silent films in this collection feature new musical scores. -- taken from container.

Bonus features: 2k restoration of Manhatta with 2008 Slovak Sinfonietta orchestral score by Donald Sosin and 2013 music score by Henry Wolfe and Phil Carluzzo; 2k restoration of Ballet Mechanique with additional footage and George Antheil's 1925 percussive score for 16 player pianos and mechanical noises; previously unavailable, unique versions of Meshes of the afternoon, In the street, N.Y., N.Y. and Film that rises to the surface of clarified butter; additional films: "Sappho and Jerry. Parts 1-3", "Seasons ..." and "Ch'an"; 28 page booklet featuring essay by curator, filmmaker and historian Bruce Posner, as well as extensive notes on the new editions.

Editors, Bret Hampton, John Tariot.

American avant-garde experimental film, 1920-1970

Manhatta.

Ballet mecanique.

Anémic cinéma.

Life and death of 9413, a Hollywood extra.

Skyscraper symphony.

Mechanical principles.

Bronx morning.

Lot in Sodom.

Poem 8.

Optical poem.

Thimble theater.

Tarantella.

Pursuit of happiness.

1941.

Meshes of the afternoon.

Meditation on violence.

In the street.

Four in the afternoon.

Abstronic.

Eaux d'artifice.

Bells of Atlantis.

Evolution.

Gyromorphosis.

Hurry, hurry!

N.Y., N.Y.

9 variations on a dance theme.

Castro Street (the coming of consciousness)

Film that rises to the surface of clarified butter.

Excerpt from Walden: diaries, notes and sketches.

Our lady of the sphere.

Love it/Leave it.

DL2 (disintegration line #2)

Transport.

Sappho and Jerry, Parts 1-3.

Ch'an.

Seasons...

Let the eyes have it.

Blackhawk Films collection

DVD-video; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 2.0.

Blu-ray disc; Blu-ray, region A.

Booklet. Let the eyes have it / by Bruce Posner

The 1920s

The 1930s

The 1940s

The 1950s

The 1960s

1970

Legacy bonus films.

disc 1. Manhatta / by Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand ; new music, Donald Sosin (1920-21) (11 min., 41 sec.)

Ballet Mechanique / by Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy ; music by Georges Antheil (1923-24) (15 min., 53 sec.)

Anémic cinéma / by Rrose Sélavy a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp ; new music, Gustavo Matamoros (1924-25, released 1926) (6 min., 40 sec.)

The life and death of 9413: a Holywood extra / by Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich ; new music, Donald Sosin (1927) (13 min., 20 sec.)

Skyscraper symphony / by Robert Florey ; new music, Donald Sosin (1929) (8 min., 53 sec.)

Mechanical principles / by Ralph Steiner ; new music, Eric Beheim, arranged from Tango in D / by Issac Albéniz (1930) (10 min, 18 sec.)

A Bronx morning / by Jay Leyda ; new music, Donald Sosin (1931) (14 min., 5 sec.)

Lot in Sodom / by J.S. Watson Jr., Melville Webber, Alec Wilder, Remsen Wood, Bernard O'Brien ; music, Louis Siegel (1930-32, released 1933) (25 min., 53 sec.)

Poem 8 / by Emlen Etting ; new music, Rodney Sauer (1932-33) (19 min., 40 sec.)

An optical poem / Oskar Fischinger ; music, Hungarian rhapsody, no. 2 / by Franz Liszt (1937, MGM release 1938) (7 min., 2 sec.)

Thimble theater / by Joseph Cornell ; completed by Lawrence Jordan (circa 1938, unfinished until 1968) (6 min., 7 sec.)

Tarantella / by Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth ; music, Edwin Gerschefski (1940) (4 min., 24 sec.)

The pursuit of happiness / by Rudy Burckhardt (1940) (8 min., 9 sec.)

1941 / by Francis Lee ; music, Igor Stravinsky (1941) (4 min.)

Meshes of the Afternoon / by Maya Deren, A. Hackenschmied (1943) (13 min., 46 sec.)

Meditation on violence / by Maya Deren (1948) (12 min., 27 sec.)

In the street / by Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, James Agee ; music, Arthur Kleiner (filmed 1945-46, released 1948, 1952) (16 min., 50 sec.).

disc 2. Four in the afternoon / by James Broughton ; music, William O. Smith, with Anna Halprin, Welland Lathrop (1950-51) (14 min.)

Abstronic / by Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth ; music, Aaron Copland, Don Gillis (1952) (5 min., 45 sec.)

Eaux d'artifice / by Kenneth Anger ; music Four seasons / by Antonio Vivaldi (1953) (12 min., 57 sec.)

Bells of Atlantis / by Ian Hugo ; abstract color effects, Len Lye ; music, Louis and Bebe Barron ; with Anaïs Nin reading from House of incest (1952-53) (9 min., 27 sec.)

Evolution / by Jim Davis (1954) (8 min., 1 sec.)

Gyromorphosis / by Hy Hirsh ; music, Django / by John Lewis, played by the Modern Jazz Quartet (1954) (6 min., 40 sec.)

Hurry, Hurry! / by Marie Menken (1957) (4 min., 27 sec.)

N.Y., N.Y. / by Francis Thompson ; music, Gene Forrell (filmed 1949-57, released 1958) (15 min., 10 sec.)

9 variations on a dance theme / by Hilary Harris ; music, McNeil Robinson ; dancer, Bettie de Jong (1966-67) (12 min., 39 sec.)

Castro Street (the coming of consciousness) / by Bruce Baillie (1966) (9 min., 59 sec.)

Film that rises to the surface of clarified butter / by Owen Land, formerly George Landow (1968) (8 min., 26 sec.)

Excerpt from Walden: diaries, notes and sketches / by Jonas Mekas (1969) (13 min., 5 sec.)

Our lady of the sphere / by Lawrence Jordan (1969) (9 min., 14 sec.)

Love it-Leave it / by Tom Palazzolo ; music, Ray Whilding White (1970) (14 min., 7 sec.)

DL2 (disintegration line #2) / by Lawrence Janiak ; music, Peliatan Gamelan (1970) (11 min., 46 sec.)

Transport / by Amy Greenfield (1970) (8 min., 26 sec.)

Sappho and Jerry. Parts 1-3 / Bruce Posner (1977-78) (5 min., 35 sec.)

Ch'an / by Francis Lee ; music, Christopher Atwood (1983) (6 min., 8 sec.)

Seasons ... / by Phil Solomon, Stan Brakhage (2002) (16 min.)

Manhatta / by Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand ; new music, Henry Wolfe, Phil Carluzzo (1920-21) (11 min., 41 sec.).

Experimental films > United States > 20th century.

Arts > Experimental methods > Drama.

Películas experimentales > Estados Unidos > s. XX.

Arte > s. XIX-XX > Estados Unidos.

Arts > Experimental methods.

Anthology films.

Drama.

Experimental films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Motion pictures.

Short films.

Silent films.

Anthology films.

Experimental films.

Silent films.

Short films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Motion pictures.

Flicker Alley (Firm), presenter, production company.

Film Preservation Associates, presenter, production company.

Filmmakers Showcase, presenter.