New Acquisitions
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New print: James Broughton’s The Bed
A new print of James Broughton’s erotic counterculture classic The Bed is now available to rent–just in time for the film’s fiftieth anniversary! The Bed (1968 | 20 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) Camera, Bill Desloge; Music, Warner Jepson. “One of the most lyrically erotic of independent films, THE BED is a merry allegory which […]
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Jerome Hiler’s Bagatelle II and Marginalia available to rent
Two recent films by lyrical San Francisco filmmaker Jerome Hiler are now available to rent. Bagatelle II (2016 | 16 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) “Mr. Hiler’s misleadingly titled “Bagatelle II” draws on ravishing moments in time (dancing lights, scudding clouds, a bathing woman) that build into what seems like a self-portrait of the artist” […]
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Jason Halprin joins the Canyon catalog
We are pleased to welcome Jason Halprin to the collection. His film War Heb Je Voor Het Gekeken is now available to rent. War Heb Je Voor Het Gekeken (2004 | 8 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) “My attempt at a City Symphony of Amsterdam, the title is taken from a poorly compiled Dutch-English traveller’s […]
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New print: Bruce Baillie’s Mass for the Dakota Sioux
A newly struck print of Canyon founder Bruce Baillie’s San Francisco hymnal Mass for the Dakota Sioux is now available to rent! Mass for the Dakota Sioux (1964 | 20 minutes | B&W | SOUND) A film Mass, dedicated to nobility and excellence. The film begins with a short introduction – “No chance for me […]
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Brice Bowman joins Canyon catalog
Canyon Cinema is pleased to offer four films by prolific California painter and filmmaker Brice Bowman for rental on DVD. Narcotics, In the Next Room (2012 | 8 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A film in a series which takes a look at managing existence without a permanent residence. Shot on digital video, 2012. […]
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Twelve DVDs from Lynne Sachs now available for rental
Twelve titles from experimental documentarian Lynne Sachs are now available to rent on DVD from Canyon. Window Work (2000 | 9 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A woman drinks tea, washes a window, reads the paper – simple tasks that somehow suggest a kind of quiet mystery within and beyond the image. Sometimes one hears […]
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Daniel Barnett’s White Heart available on DVD
Cinematic philosopher Daniel Barnett’s rare and influential film White Heart is now available for individual and institutional sale on DVD. White Heart (1975 | 53 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) “Daniel Barnett is a leading experimental filmmaker who develops complex metaphors in his films out of rephotography and other post-production techniques…White Heart is his longest […]
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Four new films from Nathaniel Dorsky available to rent
Four recent films from Nathaniel Dorsky are now available to book. “For the past several years California experienced an extreme drought. Several winter rainy seasons with barely any rainfall. But this past winter good fortune brought a bountiful amount of storms and liquid refreshment. The spring that followed took on magical and celebratory qualities of […]
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James Benning’s California trilogy and other films from 1999-2007 now available
The last works James Benning made before transitioning to digital production–including the California trilogy (El Valley Centro, Los, and Sogobi), as well as his conceptual “remake” of One Way Boogie Woogie, titled 27 Years Later, and others–are now available to rent through Canyon Cinema. Casting a Glance (2007 | 81 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) […]
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New DVD on sale : Let Them Eat Cake, by Alexis Krasilovsky
Let Them Eat Cake (2014 |81 minutes |COLOR |SOUND) Six years in the making, filmed in a dozen countries, this is a poetic essay film on the full range from the pleasures and dangers of overeating to the tragedies of world hunger. Let Them Eat Cake is not your typical documentary. It is a poetic […]
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