Various – Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954 [Disc 2] (2007)

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Disc two travels back in time for two late-Twenties American shorts before heading off to France for three late-Forties/early-Fifties films, including the epic Lettrism manifesto, Jean Isidore Isou’s Venom and Eternity (also known by the far better title Treatise on Slime and Eternity, 1951). From the former group only James Watson and Melville Webber’s expressionist adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) is of any note, while two of the three later films, Jean Mitry’s Pacific 231 (1949) and Dimitri Kirsanoff’s Arriere Saison (1950), serviceably employ techniques that had reached their fulfillment thirty years prior. Venom and Eternity is supposed to be the cherry on the cake—a rarely seen controversial feature with 34 minutes of restored footage.

List of films in Disc Two:

REBUS-FILM NO. 1
US 1928 B&W 15 Min.
Paul Leni

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
US 1928 B&W 12 Min.
James Watson & Melville Webber

PACIFIC 231
France 1949 B&W 10 Min.
Jean Mitry

ARRIÈRE SAISON
France 1950 B&W 15 Min.
Dimitri Kirsanoff

TRAITÉ DE BAVE ET D’ÈTERNITÉ
(Venom and Eternity) France 1951 B&W 111 Min.
Jean Isidore Isou

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DVD Source: Kino Video, DVD9
DVD Format: NTSC
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Language(s):French (for “Venom and Eternity”)
Subtitles:English (for “Venom and Eternity”)