From: Jay McBride (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Dec 11 2008 - 10:18:51 PST
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 24, 2009 FROM MICROCINEMA INTERNATIONAL DVD
Street Date: February 24, 2009; Prebook Date: January 27, 2009
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Fidel! A Saul Landau Film
Edward James: Builder of Dreams (Fabricante de Sueños)
Baroque Motion, Volume One: A Blu-ray Disc
Surrealist Motion, Volume One: A Blu-ray Disc
Almond Blossoms: A Vincent van Gogh Story
In Winter Still: A Claude Monet Story
Painted Tales Volume 1
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Fidel!
A Saul Landau Film
$ 24.95 SRP/EDU
European List Prices:
24.95 Euros / 16.99 GBP
CATALOG # MC-928
UPC 880198092892
Documentary - 1969 - 95 min
A personal portrait of a political phenomenon and a view of the developments
since the revolution a mere ten years before, Fidel! gives a rare glimpse
into everyday life of the Cuban people and its leader. Whether listening to
a complaints at a collective farm, playing baseball with the locals, or
discussing Marxist revolution, Castro's charisma is present in every frame
and, like him or not, lends understanding to why so many call him "The
Giant."
DVD Extras include:
-- Director's Commentary
-- Short Subject, Saul Landau's 1974 film 'Fidel + Cuba'
-- An interview with Saul Landau
"The great quality of this remarkable film is that it is educational in the
best possible sense. It gives you a feeling for what revolution - any
revolution - is actually about... I found it completely absorbing from the
start to finish. A tapestry for history."
- Ralph Gleason, Rolling Stone
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Edward James: Builder of Dreams
(Fabricante de Sueños)
$19.99 SRP/EDU
European List Prices:
19.99 Euros / 13.99 GBP
CATALOG # MC-855
UPC 880198085597
Documentary -1995 - 58min
This film will take you on an extraordinary journey into the word of the
Surrealists as the life and accomplishments of the surrealist collector,
poet, and architect Edward James unfolds. For the last 20 years of his life,
aided by 40 full time laborers and craftsmen, he built one of the biggest
and yet least known architectural monuments of the 20th century, dedicated
to Surrealism and hidden in the jungles of Mexico. Born into extreme wealth
and luxury (he was rumored to be the bastard son of King Edward VII), he
turned his back on the rigid aristocratic circles of Edwardian England, and
befriended, supported, and collaborated with fledgling artists who would
become household names in later years. Those artists included Salvador Dali,
Leonora Carrington, Rene Magritte, Kurt Weil, Bertolt Brecht, George
Balanchine, Aldous Huxley, Man Ray, and Sigmund Freud. Although he has been
called "A legend among the legendary", only a few people recognize his name
or know of his artistic accomplishments.
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Baroque Motion, Volume One
A Blu-ray Disc
$ 34.95 SRP/EDU
European List Prices:
34.95 Euros / 23.99 GBP
CATALOG # MC-912
UPC 880198091291
Ambient - 2008 - 60 min
In the beginning of the 17th century, European culture generated a new
artistic style, known as the Baroque. Now, for the first time ever you will
be able to see the motifs of the old world come to life in slow motion.
Experience how a brawl suddenly starts in the Goldsmiths' Guild and how the
fish and lobster come to life in a still life painting. Gaze in awe at how a
prominent scientist becomes surprised at the lack of gravity and at the
fright of a lady due to a ghastly movement through the painting.
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Surrealist Motion, Volume One
A Blu-ray Disc
$ 34.95 SRP/EDU
European List Prices:
34.95 Euros / 23.99 GPB
CATALOG # MC-913
UPC 880198091390
Ambient - 2008 - 41 min
Surrealism emerged as a new artistic style between World War I & II and now,
for the first time, you will be able to see it as never seen before.
Inspired by the great era of Surrealism, we have made four different works
that will enable you to transform your flat LCD- or Plasma-screen into an
aesthetic canvas with Surrealist motifs in motion. Marvel at how some
churches lift into the sky and at a castle that hovers in the air. Be
intrigued by how the daylight shifts in an empty room and at the stare of an
eye in our desert dream.
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Almond Blossoms
A Vincent van Gogh Story
$ 7.99 / 29.99 SRP/EDU
European List Prices:
7.99 Euros / 5.99 GBP
CATALOG # MC-877
UPC 895996001014
Animation - 2007 - 11 min
Join this Starry Night swirl of an adventure through the breathtaking world
of Vincent van Gogh's paintings. In a small French village, the shy and
eccentric van Gogh is teased by the local children for being unusual. Only
young Marguerite Gachet is willing to look past his angry red hair and
freckled face. In accepting van Gogh, she is introduced to his otherwise
overlooked art, full of bright colors and bold swirls of paint. Van Gogh
has never sold a painting in his life, but when Marguerite needs a miracle;
he is able to create a masterpiece. His enchanted almond blossom will save
the day. Adapted from the famous O.Henry story "The Last Leaf" and set
within Vincent van Gogh's most stunning paintings, Almond Blossoms is a
magical reminder of the power of art.
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In Winter Still
A Claude Monet Story
$ 7.99 / 29.99 SRP/EDU
European List Prices:
7.99 Euros / 5.99 GPB
CATALOG # MC-878
UPC 895996001007
Animation - 2007 - 10 min
Join Claude Monet in his adventures through his enchanted garden at Giverny
as he learns to celebrate the spirit of sharing and the magic of children at
play. When Monet's selfish gardener bans the children from playing in the
lush gardens, spring refuses to come and a harsh and tireless frost
prevails. Monet is confused about why his beloved garden remains cold and
lifeless and grows depressed having nothing beautiful left to paint. One
day, the children, led by a remarkable little boy, sneak back into the
garden, spreading bursts of spring everywhere. But the little boy who
warmed life back into the garden disappears as mysteriously as he came. It
will be many years before Monet rediscovers the boy, and in the process
discovers something even more beautiful than his gardens. Inspired by one
of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tales and set inside some of Monet's most
stunning paintings, In Winter Still is a feast for the eyes and imagination.
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Painted Tales Volume 1
$ 12.99 / 49.99 SRP/EDU
European List Prices
7.99 Euros / 5.99 GBP
CATALOG # MC-879
UPC 895996001021
Animation - 2007 - 21 min
ALMOND BLOSSOMS, 11 MIN
Join this Starry Night swirl of an adventure through the breathtaking world
of Vincent van Gogh's paintings. In a small French village, the shy and
eccentric van Gogh is teased by the local children for being unusual. Only
young Marguerite Gachet is willing to look past his angry red hair and
freckled face. In accepting van Gogh, she is introduced to his otherwise
overlooked art, full of bright colors and bold swirls of paint. Van Gogh
has never sold a painting in his life, but when Marguerite needs a miracle;
he is able to create a masterpiece. His enchanted almond blossom will save
the day. Adapted from the famous O.Henry story "The Last Leaf" and set
within Vincent van Gogh's most stunning paintings, Almond Blossoms is a
magical reminder of the power of art.
IN WINTER STILL, 10 MIN
Join Claude Monet in his adventures through his enchanted garden at Giverny
as he learns to celebrate the spirit of sharing and the magic of children at
play. When Monet's selfish gardener bans the children from playing in the
lush gardens, spring refuses to come and a harsh and tireless frost
prevails. Monet is confused about why his beloved garden remains cold and
lifeless and grows depressed having nothing beautiful left to paint. One
day, the children, led by a remarkable little boy, sneak back into the
garden, spreading bursts of spring everywhere. But the little boy who
warmed life back into the garden disappears as mysteriously as he came. It
will be many years before Monet rediscovers the boy, and in the process
discovers something even more beautiful than his gardens. Inspired by one
of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tales and set inside some of Monet's most
stunning paintings, In Winter Still is a feast for the eyes and imagination.
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