GME DVD Distribution: Films by Mike Kuchar and Marie Losier

GME DVD Distribution:  Films by Mike Kuchar and Marie Losier

Continuing our mission to offer significant historical avant-garde moving image works alongside contemporary experimental films, GME is pleased to offer two DVD editions in this vein:  SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS, made in 1966 by Mike Kuchar (twin brother of filmmaker George), alongside a compilation of contemporary short films (HELLO HAPPINESS!) by one of their protégés Marie Losier.

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GME DVD Distribution – Fall 2018 Releases

GME DVD Distribution – Fall 2018 Releases

With the fall academic semester now underway, Gartenberg Media Enterprises is pleased to announce our new 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 releases encompass 120 years of film history, from the turn of the 19th century actuality film, VIENNA TRAMWAY RIDE (1906) through to Marie Losier's colorful, avant-garde portrait of performance artist Deborah Krystal, BIRD OF THE NIGHT (L’OISEAU DE LA NUIT, (2015). 

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GME Gem #11: HENRI STORCK - OSTENDE, REINE DES PLAGES

GME Gem #11: HENRI STORCK - OSTENDE, REINE DES PLAGES

GME Gem #11: HENRI STORCK - OSTENDE, REINE DES PLAGES

Henri Storck (Belgium 1907 - 1999) lived through the whole history of cinema, passing from silent to sound, and from experimental to lyrical documentary. He especially enjoyed chronicling the adventures at the “Queen of beaches” in his native city of Ostend.

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