[spectre] New Releases from Microcinema DVD Available June 30, 2009

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New Releases from Microcinema DVD
Order Date: May 26, 2009
Street Date: June 30, 2009
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SPLIT SIDES: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Original Music by Radiohead
and Sigur Rós
CINEMAD: Almanac 2009, Curated by Mike Plante
VERMEER: MASTER OF LIGHT, A National Gallery of Art Film
THE IMPRESSIONISTS WITH TIM MARLOW: The entire collection of 8 programs
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SIDES: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Original Music by Radiohead and
Sigur Rós
$40.00 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
40.00 Euros / 27.99 GBP
Catalog #: MC-980
UPC: 880198098092
Dance
2009 – 126 mins

Merce Cunningham’s Split Sides (2003) captures the iconic modernist
choreographer’s most radical use of chance procedures. As the title
implies, the piece is divided into two parts. Each 20-minute part features
one of two options for the different creative elements of the piece: set
design, costumes, lighting, music, and choreography. The order in which
each element appears during a given performance is determined by an onstage
dice roll before the performance, captured on full screen for the live
audience. There are thus 32 possible combinations for any performance of
Split Sides. In addition to Merce Cunningham’s two choreographic
segments, the work features two set designs (one by Robert Heishman and one
by Catherine Yass), two sets of costumes (by James Hall), and two lighting
plots (by James F. Ingalls). Original scores, composed specifically for
this collaboration by the British alternative rock group Radiohead and the
Icelandic experimentalist group Sigur Rós, offer the two choices of music.
This two-disc DVD set, by giving viewers the opportunity to alternate
soundtracks, presents 4 of the 32 possible variations of the work.
Filmmaker Charles Atlas masterfully captures the dance with Merce close at
his side. Cunningham calls the films Split Sides 45 and Split Sides 46,
because they capture the 45th and 46th performances of this epic
collaboration.
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CINEMAD: Almanac 2009, Curated by Mike Plante
$24.95/75.00 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
24.95 Euros / 17.99 GBP
Catalog #: MC-953
UPC: 880198095398
Art/Artist
2009 – 77 mins

To celebrate 10 years of covering unusual films and filmmakers, Cinemad
magazine presents a compilation of short films that defy simple
categorization. An accompanying 60 page booklet includes interviews with
each filmmaker.

Includes films by:
Animal Charm,Cam Archer,Stephanie Barber,Bruce Conner,Kevin Everson,James
Fotopoulos,Sam Green,Jake Mahaffy,Bill Morrison,Leighton Pierce,Jennifer
Reeves,Deborah Stratman
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VERMEER: MASTER OF LIGHT, A National Gallery of Art Film
$24.95 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
24.95 Euros / 16.99 GBP
Catalog #: MC-951
UPC: 880198095190
Art/Artist
2008 – 57 mins

Vermeer: Master of Light, is a visual quest in search of “what makes a
Vermeer a Vermeer.” It is a journey of discovery, guiding the viewer
through an exploration of Vermeer’s paintings and examining the
“secrets” of his technique. Each frame of the film emulates the
subtlety of Vermeer, with particular emphasis placed on lighting and
composition. Utilizing x-ray analysis, infrared reflectography, and the
power of computer technology, the program investigates what lies beneath
the surface of the paintings to unveil captivating insights into the
master’s work. The paintings of Johannes Vermeer are intriguing as much
for their subjects as for the poetic ways in which these are portrayed.
Vermeer’s use of light and color, proportion and scale mesmerizes the
viewer. His everyday scenes are imbued with nuances of reflection and
meaning that are at once familiar and mysterious. This film celebrates one
of the most extraordinary painters in the history of art.  Narrated by
Meryl Streep.
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THE IMPRESSIONISTS WITH TIM MARLOW: The entire collection of 8 programs
$30.00 SRP/Edu
European List Prices:
30.00 Euros / 19.99 GBP
Catalog #: MC-971
UPC: 880198097194
Documentary
1992 – 198 mins

The Impressionists have become the international superstars of Western
painting. The works of Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec,
Cezanne and the great successors of Impressionism like Gauguin and Van Gogh
appear everywhere and are well loved by the public and academics alike. In
addition to their popularity and accessibility, for their time
impressionist paintings were radical works of art, which instigated a
revolution in the art world. The Impressionists broke away from
traditional, academic art in their technique - by using touches of color to
capture movement and light and in their subject matter, depicting ordinary
people at work and leisure in Paris and on the banks of the Seine. In this
series, The Impressionists with Tim Marlow, we are reacquainted with the
artists - their motivations and loves, triumphs and disappointments and
with their work. Marlow takes us on a journey through late
nineteenth-century France and he invites us to immerse ourselves in the
greatest impressionist works of art.
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