I also knew it was in the works, and people working on it. Really looking forward to it.Given the focus of your Web site I wanted to alert you to the newest addition to the National Film Preservation Foundation’s Treasures from American Film Archives series, Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986. The 2-DVD box set is scheduled for release on March 3, 2009. We’re announcing the contents tomorrow.
Treasures IV presents works by 27 filmmakers, from Bruce Baillie to Andy Warhol, who changed cinema in the decades following World War II. The line-up reads like a who’s who of the avant-garde world and includes films by luminaries such as Stan Brakhage, Shirley Clarke, and Harry Smith as well as rediscoveries. Hollis Frampton’s (nostaglia) and Marie Menken’s Go! Go! Go! are among the films included on the set. I’ve attached the brochure and press release. An image of the set’s artwork is also available.
Treasures IV features a 70-page book of program notes introduced by Martin Scorsese and new music by John Zorn. The films were selected from the preservation work of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Anthology Film Archives, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, and the Pacific Film Archive and were expertly transferred. None has been available before in the United States on good quality DVD. Net proceeds will be split with the archives to support film preservation.
From what website was the original posting taken? That's the first announcement of it that I've seen.