Danhier, Celine
Summary: Examines the development of independent and experimental film in the economically bankrupt and dangerous New York City of the 1970s and 80s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BLASummary: Charles and Ray Eames are American designers of the 20th century, best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design and manufacturing, and the photographic arts. They were also prolific filmmakers. The legacy of the husband and wife team includes more than 100 short films that reflect the breadth and depth of interests and the integrity of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: As animators, puppeteers, designers, writers, or directors, Philadelphia natives and identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay are renowned for artisanal methods and unusual sources of inspiration. Described as 'Kafkaesque' or 'post-apocalyptically Bruegelian' their films are inspired by twentieth-century European visual and literary culture, especially the surrealist and expressionist...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International Corp. 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Made when she was just 18 years old, Barbara Rubin's art-porn masterpiece Christmas On Earth (1963-65) shocked NYC's experimental film scene and inspired NYC's thriving underground. For the next four years her filmmaking and irrepressible energy helped shatter artistic and sexist boundaries. A mythical 'Zelig' of the sixties, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BARSummary: "Follow the phenomenal journey of renowned artist Matthew Barney and his collaborator, singer-songwriter Björk, as they embark on an unbelievable filmmaking journey in Japan. From artistic vision to manifestation, this compelling documentary reveals Barney's unique process in creating Drawing restraint 9, a massive cinematic piece that combines a whaling vessel; 45,000 pounds of petroleum...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MATSummary: An experimental film which uses numerous cinematic techniques (split screens, multiple superimpositions, variable speeds, et cetera) to present a dawn to dusk view of the Soviet Union to study the relation between cinema and reality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Preservation 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANSummary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE AVASummary: Based on two Edgar Allen Poe stories and the works of the Marquis de Sade, uses live action, stop-motion animation and other methods to tell the story of a young man who becomes involved with a decadent marquis and his lavish and kinky lifestyle in 19th century France.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUNSummary: A documentary from an alternative universe. Bill Gates has been killed by a sniper. Who killed Bill Gates? Citizens for Truth makes it their mission to discover the real story behind the assassination.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Unsharp Mask 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NOTSummary: A behind-the-Hollywood-scenes drama in which four separate cameras follow the lives of a diverse group of L.A. players as the curtain unfolds in real time with no edits and no retakes, building toward a disturbing climax.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TIMSummary: A look at one of experimental theater's most influential figures, who collaborated on works with people such as Tom Waits and Philip Glass. Explore his life from his upbringing in Waco, Texas to the way of life he brought to the screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ABSSummary: Over 160 films survey the hitherto unknown accomplishments of pioneer filmmakers working in the United States and abroad during the formative period of American film. The series postulates an innovative and often controversial view of experimental cinema as a product of avant-garde artists, of Hollywood directors, and of amateur movie-makers working collectively and as individuals at all levels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anthology Film Archives 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE UNSSummary: Documentary of the Voudoun religions of Haiti. Presents rituals performed by the Rada, Petro, and Congo cults, whose devotees commune with cosmic powers through invocations, sacrifices, and possession.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mystic Fire Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIVSummary: Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion collection 2005
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2 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE FSummary: Allen Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless, electrifying, and controversial work of his career. Pushing the limits and challenging the mainstream, the passionate and provocative Howl and its publisher find themselves on trial for obscenity, with prosecutor Ralph McIntosh setting out to have the book banned, while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents examples of Maya Deren's work which evoke and exemplify the American avant-garde film movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mystic Fire Video 2002
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE MAYLevy, Emanuel
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.433 LEVSummary: Two lab mice living in the Acme labs seek to formulate a plan for the duo, led by Brain, to take over the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PINSummary: Interweaves footage from Burroughs' public readings, experimental films in which he appears, his paintings, and an extensive interview with German writer Jürgen Ploog.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Edge 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WILSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILScorsese, Martin.
Summary: Martin Scorsese's career is a dense map of critical darlings and experimental films--from "Mean Streets" to "Shutter Island." Now fans are given the chance to see all of his movies, and moviemaking in general, through the eyes of the master director himself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011