DVD
The magic box : the films of Shirley Clarke, 1929-1987
Edition
3-disc deluxe set.
Publication Information
[Harrington Park, NJ] : Milestone Film & Video, [2016]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (502 minutes) : sound and silent, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Program notes (8 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm) inserted in container.
Summary
Shirley Clarke was brilliant, scandalous, bold, and incredibly talented. Had she been a man, film historians would have long ago placed her in the pantheon of great auteurs, alongside Orson Welles and John Cassavetes. Today, her triumph can be recognized in her ability to be herself--one of the great originals of her time. A true artist, Clarke combined her innate impishness and sense of adventure with a dancer's aesthetic and her tremendous drive to battle injustice to make films that dazzle, challenge, and beguile the audience. The culmination of an eight-year-long effort to explore the films and life of American filmmaker Shirley Clarke, this collection includes the Academy Award-winning documentary "Robert Frost : a lover's quarrel with the world," experimental shorts, "lost" films, unfinished projects, outtakes, and a lifetime of home movies.
Contents
- Experimental: Brussels loops Bridges-go-round 1 Bridges-go-round 2 Scary time Skyscraper Butterfly Tongues Savage/Love 24 frames per second Three video variations on 24 frames per second
- Dance: Shirley dancing : a photo gallery Fear flight Jelly Roll Morton Home movies #20 dance tests Dance in the sun In Paris parks In Paris parks outtakes This is not In Paris parks Decroux Bullfight Bullfight outtakes Rose and the players, part 1 Rose and the players, part 2 A moment in love Four journeys into mystic time. Initiation Four journeys into mystic time. Trans Four journeys into mystic time. One-two-three Four journeys into mystic time. Mysterium
- Robert Frost & The home movies: Robert Frost : a lover's quarrel with the world Christopher and me Shirley Brimberg home movies (when she was young) Home movies #10 wedding and pregnancy Home movies #14 with Helen Tamiris and Uday Shankar Home movies #15 Shirley with camera Home movies #16 summer camp and Edith Stein Home movies #18 Florida Television interview : Shirley Clarke in Minneapolis Lion's love outtakes The Brimberg and Clarke photo albums