Tuesday, May 18, 2010

NEW ARRIVALS: DVD - Eno, Wholphin, Zappa

BRIAN ENO 14 Video Paintings DVD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "14 Video Paintings is comprised of 'Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan' and 'Thursday Afternoon.' Created in the early ‘80s for art gallery exhibition, viewers are presented with a series of slowly evolving 'video paintings' with alternate versions of classic Eno ambient tracks & an unreleased track."

WHOLPHIN No. 6 DVD
*** Subtitled: DVD Magazine Of Rare & Unseen Short Films. "Chinese third graders hold a democratic election for classroom monitor & unintentionally mock US politics; a black, comic exploration of 70s England that could be the prequel to A Clockwork Orange; a surreal dating short w/ Michael Cera, with alternate audio versions feat. John Cleese; a Herzog-ian documentary about the lives of America’s top bigfoot hunters & more."

WHOLPHIN No. 7 DVD
*** Subtitled: DVD Magazine Of Rare & Unseen Short Films. "Gus Van Sant adapts a William S. Burroughs short story; American gray squirrels & British red squirrels face off; a hallucinogenic post-Katrina New Orleans masterpiece; an autism doc from the animators of Waking Life; an incredibly close look at the sun in its most inactive and gorgeous state; Field Notes from Dimension X, bumper cars, UFOs and more."

WHOLPHIN No. 8 DVD
*** Subtitled: DVD Magazine Of Rare & Unseen Short Films. "Lauren Greenfield’s disturbing & hilarious doc: kids + money; a gorgeously-shot, surrealist dreamscape by Interpol’s Carlos D; My Friends Told Me About You, Sam Taylor-Woods’ film adaptation of a Patrick Marber short story; a series of bedroom-trashing menu films, films from Sweden, England & North Korea + more."

FRANK ZAPPA 200 Motels DVD
*** Well, hello there! Throw out that 200 Motels laserdisc you've been coveting lo these many years cuz this sucker's now on Digital Video Disc (they call it "DVD").