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Anthology of Surreal Cinema V01

Some Extremely Rare Films From the 1920's

Features: DVD, English, French

This collection of rare, early examples of surrealistic cinema features important films by some of the most prominent artists in the surrealistic movement. The influence of filmakers, such as Marcel Duchamp, can be seen today in the work of contemporary film directors, including David Lynch.

Editor's Note

Fascinating cinematic experiments by 1920s surrealists appear in this compilation of rare and extraordinary films. ENTR'ACT, an utterly surreal short directed by Rene Clair, involves an uncooperative corpse in a coffin being chased around. The film originally played without sound as an intermission and featured Jean Borlin, Eric Satie, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and Man Ray. BALLET MECANIQUE, directed by Fernand Leger and photographed by Dudley Murphy and Man Ray, features syncopated images of steel machinery, puppets, people, shoes, and eyes. The Dadaist ANEMIC CINEMA employs spirals and a disc, and LA COQUILLE ET LA CLERGYMAN involves a clergyman battling his obsession with a woman--the British Board of Censors banned the film from exhibition in England with its own surreal pronouncement that "This film is so obscure as to have no apparent meaning. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable."

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Release Information
	Studio: Cav Distributing Corp
	Release Date: 4/26/2005
	Running Time: 65 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1924
	Catalog ID: 003
	UPC: 00063390000036
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: French
	Available Audio Tracks: English Dubbed, French
	Available Subtitles: French
	Video: B&W
Aspect Ratio
	Standard 1.33:1 [4:3]