Learning on ScreenAmerican Avant-Garde: The Lawrence Jordan Album and the Films of James Broughton
- Synopsis
- The life’s work of two legends of the US avant-garde cinema is included in this 7-disc collection. Lawrence Jordan’s collage-style animationwhich influenced the early work of Terry Gilliam, among otherscombines 19th-century engravings, symbols, icons, and modern imagery to construct elegant, dream-like stories that enchant and enthrall. The very personal work of James Broughton opened the door for diary films with an eye toward the erotic and the poetic.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2011
- Subjects
- Film studies
- Keywords
- animation films; avant-garde film & video
Credits
- Director
- James Broughton; Lawrence Jordan
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- $89.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 465, 290 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
- Name
Facets Multi-media Inc.
- sales@facets.org
- Web
- http://www.facetsdvd.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 773 281 9045
- Fax
- +1 773 929 5437
- Address
- 1517 West Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
60614
USA - Notes
- A pioneering US distributor of over 65,000 international, animated, independent, art, classic, documentary, silent, and experimental films on DVD, some of them exclusive to the Facets label.
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