Oksana
At 03:00 PM 1/29/02 -0800, you wrote:
>There is a "series" of videos put out by Video Yesteryear which includes a
>variety of early avant-garde classics (Chien anadalou, Entr'acte, Man Ray
>stuff, etc), but I have never seen them in a box, and the random assignment of
>volume numbers suggests that many have either gone out of print or never made
>it. Facets lists them in its Visual Arts catalog. The more recent filmmakers
>(relatively speaking) like Deren and Anger seem to be available only as
>individual videos devoted to their own films (also in Facets catalog).
>
>Mike Boedicker wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a good basic set of experimental/avant garde cinema on
> > VHS or DVD? Something including representative works by the major figures
> > (Brakhage, Anger, Deren, etc), perhaps in a boxed set, for a public library
> > which has nothing on the subject? Or is this an area where a basic
> > collection must be assembled piecemeal?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > Mike Boedicker
> > Audiovisual Director & Webmaster
> > Danville Public Library
> > 319 N. Vermilion, Danville, IL 61832
> > (217) 477-5223 ext. 123 / Fax: (217) 477-5230
> > mboedicker@hotmail.com
> > http://www.danville.lib.il.us
> >
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