A Sixth Part of the World / The Eleventh Year DVD
Price: 29,90 Euro
Celebrating the completion of a multi-year research project, Digital Formalism - The Vienna Vertov Collection, the Austrian Film Museum and the project partners present a new Double-Disc. The DVD is the result of a highly productive ‘meeting of the minds’ - upon the suggestion of the Film Museum, British
composer Michael Nyman has created new scores for two classics made in 1926 and 1928 by the Soviet filmmaker and theorist
Dziga Vertov - Šestaja čast’ mira (A Sixth Part of the World) and Odinnadcatyj (The Eleventh Year). The films and music both appear on DVD for the first time and are accompanied by extensive bonus materials. Following the
award-winning Film Museum DVD on Vertov’s Ėntuziazm, this new release aims to contribute to the international renaissance of the filmmaker’s oeuvre.
"This comprehensive, expertly compiled edition does two of Vertov’s most obscure, unseen, and thrilling films exactly
the justice they deserve."
(Film Quarterly)
"The extras, once again, demonstrate Edition Filmmuseum’s ability to find and/or produce the best contextualising materials.
All told, an excellent package."
(DVD Times)
"The relentless quality of Vertov’s films, mostly composed of short static shots, is effectively underlined by the exuberant
new Michael Nyman scores.
An immaculate presentation." (Sight & Sound)
DVD 1:
Šestaja čast’ mira (A Sixth Part of the World); Soviet Union 1926
Directed by: Dziga Vertov; Original format: 35mm, black & white; Runtime: 73’ (18 frames per second); HD Telecine from the 35mm preservation
positive; Booklet with essays by Barbara Wurm, Thomas Tode, Adelheid Heftberger, Aleksandr Derjabin and Michael Loebenstein
DVD 2:
Odinnadcatyj (The Eleventh Year); Soviet Union 1928
Directed by: Dziga Vertov; Original format: 35mm, black & white; Runtime: 53’ (20 frames per second); HD Telecine from the 35mm preservation positive
In the Shadow of the Machine. A Compilation Film; Germany 1928
Directed by: Albrecht Viktor Blum, Leo Lania; Original format: 35mm, black & white; Runtime: 22’ (20 frames per second); Telecine from the 35mm preservation positive courtesy of Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin
Vertov in Blum. An Investigation; Austria 2009
Concept: Adelheid Heftberger, Michael Loebenstein, Georg Wasner; Original format: DigiBeta PAL, Colour and black & white; Runtime: 14’
ROM section for PC and Mac with additional materials about Odinnadcatyj
All Regions, 4:3 PAL
The DVD is being published by the Film Museum in collaboration with ZDF / ARTE, pèlerinages - Kunstfest Weimar and the Vienna
Konzerthaus.
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