Canyon Cinema : New DVDs

Now Available on DVD: Films by John Carney

Posted July 18th, 2014 in Announcements, New DVDs, News / Events

Two films by John Carney, Bal-Anat and Black Jackets and Choppers, are now available to purchase on DVD! Bal-Anat(1975, 20 min) There was a time in the 1970’s when Middle Eastern culture and dance gained widespread popular attention in the Bay Area through the offerings of Jamila Salimpour and her exciting and exotic dance troupe, […]

Now Available on DVD: Films of Alice Anne Parker Severson

Posted July 12th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

A DVD compilation of works by Alice Anne Parker (Severson) is available to purchase from Canyon Cinema! Included films: I Change I Am the Same (1969 | 1 min | B&W | Sound) A short, hilarious film of a woman and a man in various stages of undress – in their own and each other’s […]

New 16mm and DVDs available from Janis Crystal Lipzin and Sergio Batiz

Posted April 22nd, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, New Films, News / Events

New on DVD from Janis Crystal Lipzin: De Luce 2: Architectura | 2013 | color | sound | 8.5 min. Super 8mm transferred to video Light & photo-chemistry collide and conspire against 12 different architectural backdrops suspending and dissolving celluloid matter into a luminosity reminiscent of Mark Rothko’s radiant field paintings. The original film was shot […]

Incoming: New Printing of Bruce Baillie Volumes II & III on DVD

Posted March 27th, 2014 in Announcements, New DVDs, News / Events

Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce new editions of Bruce Baillie Volume II and Volume III on DVD. These discs are the epitome of quality, assembled by the hands of the Canyon cofounder himself. Printed in honor of the creation of the Canyon Cinema Foundation, Quick Billy, Quixote, and Here I Am are now en route to […]

Works by Lawrence Jordan now available on DVD

Posted March 18th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

Now available to purchase from Canyon Cinema: Chateau/Poyet (2010 | 11 minutes | Color | Sound) The scene is set in front of a French chateau. The camera chases improbable incidents across the screen. Many are constructed out of one of Jordan’s favorite illustrators: Poyet. Duels occur on a tight rope. Heavier-then- air machines fly […]

Now available on DVD: Candy Colors: An Interview with Stan Brakhage

Posted March 18th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

Candy Colors: An Interview with Stan Brakhage (1985 | 43.5 minutes | Color | Sound) “While on a showing tour in Boulder, CO, I visited with Stan and he showed me how he went about constructing his highly colored hand-painted 16mm films. We see him explaining his materials, the difficulties, the percentages of […]

For sale on DVD: Len Lye’s ‘rhythms’

Posted November 18th, 2013 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

A major figure in experimental cinema, Len Lye was also a renowned kinetic sculptor, an innovative theorist, painter, and writer. He invented the “direct cinema” — facts without film– painting and scratching on film falls back in other films, exposing the film in the shade of various objects, or practicing a number of experimental […]