DVD
Light rhythms : music and abstraction
Publication Information
Chatsworth, CA : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, c2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd. & si., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The rhythmic elements of cinema are explored by artists and filmmakers fascinated by the abstract qualities of light.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital stereo.
Videodisc release of 32 experimental films originally produced 1923-1947.
Digitally mastered from newly preserved and restored 35mm and 16mm prints.
Not rated.
Contents
- Le retour á la raison Ballet mécanique Anémic cinéma Looney lens: anamorphic people Out of the melting pot H20 Surf and seaweed The furies Legacy of a Hollywood extra ; Skyline dance Money machine Prohibition The firefly (Vorkapich edit) The firefly (MGM release version) Maytime Light and abstraction
- So this is Paris Light rhythms Une nuit sur le Mont Chauve (Night on Bald Mountain) Rhythm in light Synchromy no. 2 Parabola Footlight parade "By a waterfall" Glens Falls sequence Simple destiny abstractions Abstract movies Scherzo Composition no. 1: Themis Composition no. 2: Contrathemis 1941 Moods of the sea