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  • New DVD releases 20/11

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    Lux has published two new DVDs of british experimental cinema:


    Novaczek DVD- Ruth Novaczek Selected Film and Video 1990-2005  is a 2 disc set with the major films by filmmaker and painter Ruth Novaczek. The first disc centers on her earlier works, dealing 'primarily with notions of identity, often with an ironic or comic angle'; the second disc, containing her later works, 'experiments with abstraction and poetic subjects, employing catchphrase and metaphor, music and rhythm'. The films included in this compilation are Rootless Cosmopolitans (1990), Cheap Philosophy (1992), Cactus Babylon (1996), Talk Israel (1992-2002), 50 50 (1998), Drive She Said (1998), Easy Listening (2002), Trilogy (2001), Series One and Two (1999), Episode (2003) and Sense (2004). DVD PAL, 2 discs, region free, £25.

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  • Bill Viola soon on DVD

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    Bill ViolaThe three most important video works by Bill Viola are finally seeing their release on DVD. Microcinema International has announced the edition of the following titles for November 28th:

    - Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981). NTSC, region free,  56 min., 39.95$.

    - I don't know what it is I am like (1986). NTSC, region free, 89 min., 39.95$.

    - The passing (1991). NTSC, region free, 54 min., 39.95$. 

    These videos were only available until now in VHS tape from Facets Video in the USA or A-Film in Europe. 

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  • Lux DVDs for public purchase

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    LUXLux, the english non-for-profit organization devoted to the promotion and support of the "moving image" is finally releasing its editions to the public. Up to now, all the releases from Lux have been exclusively for institutional purchase.

    The new releases, that can be acquired at their shop, are:

    - Margaret Tait, Selected Films 1952 - 1976. PAL, region free, 38 min., 19.99 £. A selection of works by the great scottish film-poet . The best release of this batch of three in the humble opinion of this editor. This DVD includes the films Portrait of Ga (1952), Aerial (1974), Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait (1964), Where I am is Here (1964), Place of Work (1976), Tailpiece (1976) and John Macfadyen (1970). 

     - Paul Bush – Working Directly. PAL, region free, 19.99 £. A compilation of films by this British animator where he works directky scratching the surface of the film. Includes the shorts His Comedy (1994), Still Life with Small Cup (1995), The Albatross (1998) and Secret Love (2002).

     - Paul Bush – Pixilated. PAL, region free, 19.99 £. In this DVD, Paul Bush makes use of the pixilation technique, developed by McLaren, the stop frame animation of people. Includes the films Furniture Poetry (1999), Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2001), Pas de Deux de Deux (2001) and While Darwin Sleeps (2004).

    Both Paul Bush DVDs can be acquired together for 35 £.

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  • Novedades de lowave y Facets en DVD

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     Lowave
    añade dos nuevos títulos a su catálogo

    - Maurice
    Lemaître: Our stars & The little God
    . Una buena oportunidad para
    conocer la obra de este artista multidisciplinar, y principal representante del
    Letrismo. 60 min. PAL/NTSC. Multizona. 25 €.

    - Different
    Cinema vol.2
    . Recopliación de cortos presentados en el Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris.
    60 min. PAL/NTSC. Multizona. 25
    €. Incluye los cortos:

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  • Anunciado The films of Kenneth Anger: Vol 1

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    The films of Kenneth Anger: Vol.1La distribuidora Fantoma, acaba de anunciar la fecha de publicación de "The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume  One", para el próximo 28 de Noviembre. Este primer volumen cubre la primera mitad de la obra de Anger y contiene los cortos Fireworks (1947), Puce Moment (1949), Rabbit's moon (1950) (la versión de 16 minutos), Eaux d'artifice (1953) e Inauguration of the pleasure dome (1954).

     

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  • Facets Video editará las obras de Broughton en DVD

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    James BroughtonFacets Video ha anunciado la edición de las obras de James Broughton en DVD, hasta ahora disponibles sólo en una prohibitiva edición en VHS. La edición constará de 3 DVDs con 17 de sus filmes más un libreto con el poemario de Broughton "Scattered remains" y comentarios sobre sus obras.

    Los filmes incluídos son Mother's Day (1948), Loony Tom (1951), Four in the
    Afternoon
    (1951), The Pleasure Garden (1953), The Bed (1968),
    The Golden Positions (1970), This Is It (1971), Dreamwood
    (1972), High Kukus (1973), Testament (1974), The Water
    Circle
    (1975), Erogeny, Songs of the Godboy (1977), Hermes
    Bird
    (1979), The Gardener of Eden (1981), Devotions (1983), y Scattered Remains. El pack tiene como fecha de salida el próximo 31 de Octubre.

     
    Para la misma fecha está anunciada también la edición del documental Bewerbungen (1996) de Harun Farocki.

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  • 'Dreams that money can buy' released by the BFI

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    The British Film Institute continues its "A History of the Avant-Garde" series with the release of  Hans Richter's Dreams that money can buy. This edition includes three shorts by Richter (Rhythmus 21, Ghosts Before Breakfast 
    and Everyday) plus an alternative new soundtrack composed byt british band The Real Tuesday Weld.  You may find addtional details here.

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  • Nuevos lanzamientos de Index DVD

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    Index DVD, una compañía basada en Austria y dedicada a la edición de obras audivisuales, principalmente de artistas austríacos, acaba de añadir a su catálogo jugosas novedades:

    Michael Pilz - Facts for Fiction / Parco delle Rimembranze
    Pürrer / Scheirl - Super-8-Girl Games
    Linda Christanell - The Nature of Expression
    As she likes it - Female Performance Art from Austria
    Józef Robakowski - The Energy Manifesto!
    Kurt Kren - Which Way to CA?

    Cada DVD se puede adquirir por 36 € a través de su web o de cualquiera de las tiendas que llevan su catálogo . Para Septiembre prometen obras de VALIE EXPORT y Peter Weibel. 

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  • Norman McLaren: L'integrale released!

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    The compilation of Norman McLaren's complete works has been released at last!! Comprised of a digipack containing seven DVDs plus a small booklet in english and french, it is now available for a mere 90 euros

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