[url=http://expcinema.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&... Tresaures IV: American Avant-Garde, 1947-1986[/url]
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The fourth volume of the [i]Treasures from American Film Archives[/i] series, called [b]Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986[/b] is finally scheduled to be relased March 3, 2009. [br /]
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The 2 DVD set will feature films by 27 different filmmakers, spanning nearly forty years from the post WWII period, and totalling more than 5 hours of content. Among the films included (many of them featured for the first time on DVD) are the works of artists such as [b]Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton, Marie Menken, Harry Smith[/b] or [b]Robert Breer[/b]. The set includes a 70-page booklet with film notes prologued by Martin Scorsese and new music by avant-garde composer [b]John Zorn[/b]. [br /]
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The films were selected from the preservation work of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Anthology Film Archives, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, and the Pacific Film Archive and feature new pristine transfers. Net proceeds from the sale of this set will be split with the archives to support film preservation.