At last, the second volume 2 of Kino Video's Avant garde: Experimental cinema series has been announced. With the release date set to July 24th, this 2 DVD set features an incredible selection of films from the Raymond Rohauer collection with works by Brakhage, Menken, Maas, Peterson, Broughton, etc...
The works included in this set are: Geography of the Body (Willard Maas, USA, 1943, 7 mins.); The Mechanics of Love (Maas/Ben Moore, USA, 1955, 5 mins.); Visual Variations on Noguchi (Marie Menken, USA, 1945, 4 mins.); The Potted Psalm (Sidney Peterson/James Broughton, USA, 1946, 18 mins.); The Cage (Peterson, USA, 1947, 28 mins.); House of Cards (Joseph Vogel, USA, 1947, 16 mins.); Christmas, U.S.A. (Gregory J. Markopoulos, USA, 1949, 13 mins.); Adventures of Jimmy (Broughton, USA, 1950, 10 mins.); Interim (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1952, 24 mins.); Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection (Brakhage, USA, 1953, 29 mins.); The Way to Shadow Garden (Brakhage, USA, 1954, 11 mins.); The Extraordinary Child (Brakhage, USA, 1954, 13 mins.); Rebus-Film No. 1 (Paul Leni, USA, 1928, 15 mins.); The Fall of the House of Usher (James Watson/Melville Webber, USA, 1928, 12 mins.); Pacific 231 (Jean Mitry, France, 1949, 10 mins.); Arriere Saison (Dimitri Kisanoff, France, 1950, 15 mins.); and Traite de bave et d'eternite (Jean Isidore Isou, France, 1951, 111 mins.). Includes film notes by critic/historian Elliott Stein, theatrical trailer of Traite de bave et d'eternite. 2 DVDs, NTSC, 4:3, 350 min., 29,95$. Available for preorder at several sites such as Amazon and Facets.
Steidl, the famous photography publisher, will issue in DVD all of the 25 films and videos made by Robert Frank. As of now 2 volumes have been announced, each one containing 3 films.
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- At last, the work of Netherland's Frans Zwartjes (Alkmaar, Netherlands, 1927) in a 2 DVD disc edition. 
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