GME DVD Distribution – DVD Categories Overview - Spring 2018

GME DVD Distribution – DVD Categories Overview - Spring 2018

During the past decade, Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) has been actively engaged in seeking out and representing high quality DVD & Blu-ray publications from film archives and boutique publishers around the world, representing films and videos that encompass important works from the breadth and depth of the history of the moving image. These premiere publications are made available by GME exclusively for institutional purchase by the university market in North America. We currently offer more than 150 publications that are noted here. These works range from pioneers of the silent narrative cinema to cutting edge filmmakers of the contemporary avant-garde.

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Screening of 3 GME Released Zanzibar Films at the National Gallery of Art

Screening of 3 GME Released Zanzibar Films at the National Gallery of Art

GME distributes several important Zanzibar titles, including Jackie Raynal's DEUX FOIS (1969) and Serge Bard's DÉTRUISEZ-VOUS (1968) and VITE (1969) which are now screening in the Paris, May ’68: Zanzibar and Philippe Garrel films series at the National Gallery of Art through May 27th.

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GME DVD Distribution – Spring 2018 Recap

GME DVD Distribution – Spring 2018 Recap

With the spring academic season now coming to a close, Gartenberg Media Enterprises is pleased to provide a recap of our most recent slate of DVD and Blu-ray publications for distribution to the North American academic community.  These digital editions are selected from film archives and boutique publishers worldwide, and represent the entire breadth and depth of moving image history. This current roster of moving image works extend from pioneering female director Alice Guy’s LES CHIENS SAVANTS (1902), part of an essential compilation of cinematic works by EARLY WOMEN FILMMAKERS, through to Peter Tscherkassky’s award-winning THE EXQUISITE CORPUS (2015), presented on the latest DVD compilation of his films, entitled EXQUISITE ECSTASIES (2015).

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GME DVD Distribution - GME Presents a New Digital Restoration of THE LOST WORLD Now Available for Institutional Use

GME DVD Distribution - GME Presents a New Digital Restoration of THE LOST WORLD  Now Available for Institutional Use

True to its title, the original, 10-reel version of THE LOST WORLD effectively disappeared from circulation in 1929—all known positive prints destroyed—a move by First National Pictures to help clear the way for another film utilizing special effects and Willis O’Brien’s cutting-edge animation techniques: KING KONG. For more than 80 years, only abridged editions of THE LOST WORLD remained in existence until now. This Blu-ray edition (published by Flicker Alley, and also available in a DVD MOD version) of THE LOST WORLD is the most complete reconstruction of the film. The 2K digital restoration features newly-discovered scenes and special effect sequences, incorporating almost all original elements from archives and collections around the world.

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GME DVD Distribution - GME Presents Philippe Garrel’s MARIE POUR MÉMOIRE, Now Available for Institutional Use

GME DVD Distribution - GME Presents Philippe Garrel’s MARIE POUR MÉMOIRE,  Now Available for Institutional Use

GME is pleased to present the release of Philippe Garrel’s MARIE POUR MÉMOIRE on DVD. This auteur is the unsung hero of the French New Wave, who only now is beginning to receive the international recognition that he is due, thanks to worldwide retrospective screenings in recent years of his work. 

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GME Presents Two New Dvd Editions of Films by Austrian Filmmakers Peter Tscherkassky and Dietmar Brehm, Now Available for Institutional Use

GME Presents Two New Dvd Editions of Films by Austrian Filmmakers Peter Tscherkassky and Dietmar Brehm, Now Available for Institutional Use

GME is pleased to release the two most recent digital editions of moving image works by notable Austrian experimental filmmakers Peter Tscherkassky (EXQUISITE ECSTASIES) and Dietmar Brehm (PRAXIS SELECTION).  Both these DVDs have been published through the INDEX DVD label, which aims to represent a comprehensive history of Austrian film, video, and media art. 

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GME DVD Distribution – GME Presents Two Key WWII and Postwar Era Swiss Films Now for Institutional Sales

GME DVD Distribution – GME Presents Two Key WWII and Postwar Era Swiss Films  Now for Institutional Sales

We are particularly pleased to release two DVDs -- THE LAST CHANCE (1945) and SWISS TOUR(1949) --that GME has co-published with Praesens-Film AG, a Swiss production company founded in 1924 that is still active today. According to film scholar Yvonne Zimmerman, “The flagship Swiss movies produced by Praesens were made primarily by foreigners, immigrants and émigrés. Praesens founder Lazar Wechsler was of Polish origin who came to Switzerland from Austria in 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I and established Praesens-Film AG in 1924. 

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