AvantGarde 2 Experimental cinema 19281954 (2007)

In the latter half of the 20th Century Raymond Rohauer was one of the nations foremost proponents of experimental cinema This collection continues Kinos tribute to the Rohauer Collection including the early works of Stan Brakhage and influential films by Willard Maas Gregory Markopoulos Marie Menken Dimitri Kirsanoff Jean Mitry Sidney Peterson and others The pièce de résistance is Jean Isidore Isous passionate manifesto of film aesthetics Traitéde Bave et Deternité Venom and Eternity which sparked a riot when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951