The Seashell and the Clergyman

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THE SEASHELL AND THE CLERGYMAN



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BOX SET DVD & BOOK  (+)

The box set is on sale in the Light Cone shop


Directed in 1927 by Germaine DULAC and scripted by Antonin Artaud, The Seashell and the Clergyman is generally considered to be the first Surrealist film: a key element of French cultural heritage. This box set is all the more welcome for the fact that the film has been hitherto unavailable to the French public on DVD. A number of additional bonus tracks throw light upon various different aspects of the film (aesthetic, technical, economic).


MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT BOX SET  (+)


• The film in its original silent version, restored by the Nederlands Filmmuseum in collaboration with Light Cone.

• Three musical versions composed by Pascal Comelade, Thomas Köner and Iris ter Schiphorst.

• Two extras conceived by Nicolas Droin and Prosper HILLAIRET, with contributions from Artaud and Dulac experts: Tumulte aux Ursulines (Uproar in the Ursulines, 2008, 15 mins) and Surimpressions (Superimpositions, 2009, 33 mins).

• A new and revised edition (160 pages) of the seminal book by Alain and Odette Virmaux published by Paris Experimental (1999).

Germaine DULAC's biography and filmography.

• An account of the restoration of the film: Catherine Cormon, director of restoration at the Nederlands Filmmuseum, retraces the history of the different versions of the film and of the restoration process.

 

This bilingual (French-English) box set with a DVD and a book is an indispensable resource not only for researchers and students but also for enthusiasts who want to learn more about the film. It offers the possibility to rediscover Germaine DULAC's famous film in its restored version while it facilitates comprehension of this avant-garde masterpiece thanks to the perspectives opened up by the various artistic and theoretic contributions of the participants.



Exclusive North America distribution : Jon Gartenberg Media : http://www.gartenbergmedia.com/dvd/index.html




SCREENINGS OF THE SEASHELL AND THE CLERGYMAN


UPCOMING  (+)


APR
22
2010
BFI Southbank
Londres, ANGLETERRE

PASSED  (+)


MAR
03
2010
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de strasbourg
Strasbourg, FRANCE   website



FEB
09
2010
Monographs - UW-Milwaukee Libraries
Milwaukee, WI, ÉTATS-UNIS



DEC
16
2009
Theater Kikker
Utrecht, PAYS-BAS   website



DEC
02
2009
SENSITIVE #14 > The Seashell and the Clergyman (live with Aidje TAFIAL)

[fr] A l'occasion de la sortie du coffret Dvd de ce film par Light Cone et Paris Expérimental, BRAQUAGE p... read more



NOV
26
2009
SENSITIVE #14 > The Seashell and the Clergyman (live with Pascal BATTUS)

[fr] A l'occasion de la sortie du coffret Dvd de ce film par Light Cone et Paris Expérimental, BRAQUAGE p... read more


PRESS REVIEWS  (+)


French magazine
Espaces intérieurs sur les films de Germaine Dulac
(Bref n°66 mai-juin 2005)
see article

[fr] "Le premier film surréaliste réhabilité"
Le Monde
(voir article)

[fr] "Un coffret d'exception"
Jean Roy, l'Humanité
(voir article)

[fr] "Une référence"
Jacques Kermabon, Bref Magazine n°89 (septembre-octobre 2009)

[fr] "On peut savourer pleinement ce retour aux origines"
Lucien Logette, La Quinzaine littéraire n° 1002 (1er novembre 2009)

[fr] "Une très belle édition en dvd de La Coquille et le Clergyman"
Michel Ciment, Projection Privée, France Culture (21 novembre 2009)

[fr] "Des espaces mentaux ... Ce pourrait être du David Lynch"
Le Magazine littéraire (décembre 2009)

[fr] "Un très beau coffret ... Et il  faut dire que les deux bonus sont de vrais films, un vrai travail de création artistique dans la prise de vue, dans le montage, dans les surimpressions. Vous avez fait œuvre sur œuvre et cela c´est très remarquable."
Philippe Vanini, Radio Aligre (10 décembre 2009)

[fr] "Un tournant dans l´histoire de la représentation cinématographique ? Les vues documentaires y sont filmées comme de la peinture abstraite ? Cette splendide édition multiplie les bonus et offre un livre d´Alain et Odette Virmaux."
I.R., Le Monde, supplément Magazine (12 décembre 2009)


BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GERMAINE DULAC  (+)

available for consultation at the resource center of Light Cone


EN MARGE DU CINEMA FRANÇAIS
by BRUNIUS Jacques B.
Lausanne, SUISSE (1987)
ECRITS SUR LE CINÉMA - 1919 - 1937
by DULAC Germaine
Paris, FRANCE (1994)
RIMBECCO
by DULAC Germaine, MELEVILLE Marie-Anne
Paris, FRANCE (1998)
SEXUAL STRATAGEMS - The World Of Women In Film
by ERENS Patricia
New York, NY, ÉTATS-UNIS (1979)
LE CINEMA - Des Origines À Nos Jours
by FESCOURT Henri
Paris, FRANCE (1932)
L'AVANT-GARDE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE EN FRANCE DANS LES ANNEES VINGT - Idées, Conceptions, Théories
by GHALI Noureddine
Paris, FRANCE (1995)
LE CINEMA CUBISTE
by LAWDER Standish D.
Paris, FRANCE (1994)
CINEMA SPERIMENTALE, CINEMA D'AUTORE - Germaine Dulac E L'Esperienza Artistica Degli Anni Venti. L'Opera Teorica, Quattro Film
by MIRABILE Giovanna
Pise, ITALIE (1996)
THE AVANT-GARDE FILM - A Reader Of Theory And Criticism
by SITNEY P.Adams
New York, NY, ÉTATS-UNIS (1987)
ARTAUD / DULAC (COFFRET DVD) - La Coquille Et Le Clergyman: The Seashell And The Clergyman
by VIRMAUX Alain
Paris, FRANCE (1999)
GERMAINE DULAC - au-delà des impressions
by WILLIAMS TAMI, VERAY LAURENT
Paris, FRANCE (2006)


DOWNLOADS  (+)


You will find on this page the DVD's record sleeve, digipack and also some high definition pictures of the movie.



OTHER MOVIES OF GERMAINE DULAC



IN DISTRIBUTION AT LIGHT CONE  (+)



  LA SOURIANTE MADAME BEUDET  
1922 / 16 mm / b&w / silent / 38' 15 / 128,00 €
by Germaine DULAC
  L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE  
1927 / 16 mm / b&w / silent / 33' 00 / 132,00 €
by Germaine DULAC
  THÈMES ET VARIATIONS  
1928 / 16 mm / b&w / silent / 9' 00 / 36,00 €
by Germaine DULAC
  DISQUE 957  
1928 / 16 mm / b&w / silent / 6' 00 / 26,00 €
by Germaine DULAC
  ÉTUDE CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE SUR UNE ARABESQUE  
1929 / 16 mm / b&w / silent / 7' 00 / 30,00 €
by Germaine DULAC


UPCOMING SCREENINGS  (+)



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