I can easily say, without risk of falling to hyperbole, that the most exciting DVD release in some time is
Fantoma Films' recently announced THE FILMS OF KENNETH ANGER VOLUME 1, available January 23, 2007.
The beautifully packaged, special edition DVD collects the first half of this legendary filmmaker's career, every film restored to the breath-taking beauty they were meant to be seen in. Influencing visionaries as varied as Lynch, Fassbinder, and Scorsese, Anger's short films need to be seen by anyone even remotely interested in the visual medium.
The dreamlike, surreal quality of the films, the homo-erotic imagery, and melding of heady visuals to music kicked off an independent film movement, and set into motion what would one day become music video culture.
The set includes FIREWORKS (1947), PUCE MOMENT (1949), RABBIT’S MOON (1950, shown here in the rarely seen 16 minute version), EAUX D’ARTIFICE (1953), and INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME (1954), and a 48 page book with a written appreciation of Kenneth Anger by Martin Scorsese.
Pick it up now... and pray for the second volume to be released soon.
# posted by André Salas @ 1/23/2007 01:41:00 PM
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