TCM's Unseen Cinema showcase features such intriguing works as a pagan dance sequence from Peer Gynt (1941), starring a 17-year-old Charlton Heston; Annabell Dances and Dances (1894-97), a pioneering attempt to capture dance on film; a dream sequence from Beggar on Horseback (1925), featuring popular character actor Edward Everett Horton; Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell; and Ballet mécanique (1923-24), Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy's abstract collage of machines, objects and shapes set to a radical George Antheils score reconstructed by Paul Lehrman.
Unseen Cinema
Brief Synopsis
Early examples of avant-garde cinema produced by American filmmakers in the U.S. and Europe.
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
2006
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 19m
Synopsis
Early examples of avant-garde cinema produced by American filmmakers in the U.S. and Europe.
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
2006
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 19m
Articles
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941 salutes the rich - but often unheralded -
artistry of avant garde and experimental filmmakers during cinema's formative years. TCM's presentation
includes 16 titles hand-chosen by archivists Bruce Posner and David Shepard from their world-renowned
175-film retrospective, which premiered in Moscow in June 2001. Posner and Shepard also selected material
from the acclaimed Unseen Cinema seven-disc DVD collection, released in 2005.
TCM's Unseen Cinema showcase features such intriguing works as a pagan dance sequence from Peer Gynt (1941), starring a 17-year-old Charlton Heston; Annabell Dances and Dances (1894-97), a pioneering attempt to capture dance on film; a dream sequence from Beggar on Horseback (1925), featuring popular character actor Edward Everett Horton; Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell; and Ballet mécanique (1923-24), Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy's abstract collage of machines, objects and shapes set to a radical George Antheils score reconstructed by Paul Lehrman.
TCM's Unseen Cinema showcase features such intriguing works as a pagan dance sequence from Peer Gynt (1941), starring a 17-year-old Charlton Heston; Annabell Dances and Dances (1894-97), a pioneering attempt to capture dance on film; a dream sequence from Beggar on Horseback (1925), featuring popular character actor Edward Everett Horton; Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell; and Ballet mécanique (1923-24), Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy's abstract collage of machines, objects and shapes set to a radical George Antheils score reconstructed by Paul Lehrman.
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941 salutes the rich - but often unheralded -
artistry of avant garde and experimental filmmakers during cinema's formative years. TCM's presentation
includes 16 titles hand-chosen by archivists Bruce Posner and David Shepard from their world-renowned
175-film retrospective, which premiered in Moscow in June 2001. Posner and Shepard also selected material
from the acclaimed Unseen Cinema seven-disc DVD collection, released in 2005.
TCM's Unseen Cinema showcase features such intriguing works as a pagan dance sequence from Peer
Gynt (1941), starring a 17-year-old Charlton Heston; Annabell Dances and Dances (1894-97), a
pioneering attempt to capture dance on film; a dream sequence from Beggar on Horseback (1925),
featuring popular character actor Edward Everett Horton; Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a
visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell; and Ballet mécanique (1923-24), Fernand
Léger and Dudley Murphy's abstract collage of machines, objects and shapes set to a radical George
Antheils score reconstructed by Paul Lehrman.
