
DELUXETWO-DISCEDITION AVANT-GARDE3EXPERIMENTALCINEMA1922-1954 CAVALCANTIMAASPETERSONBROUGHTONBUTEKESSLERWHITNEYKIRSANOFFMURPHYMARC'OWATSONHUFF FromTHECollectionofTHEGEORGEEASTMANHOUSEANDFROMTHERAYMONDROHAUERCOLLECTION Fromthelittletheatersofthe1920stotheadhocfilmsocietiesofthe'50s,avant-gardecinemaknewnoestablishedformandheldnopredictableposition.Theboundariesofitshistoryarestillhotlydebated,butitsroughsensibilitiesinformedandpermeatedthecitysymphoniesofAlbertoCavalcanti,thevisualmusicofMaryEllenButeandJohnWhitney,theclassroomfilmsofSidneyPeterson,theconfessionalfilmpoemsofWillardMaasandJohnE.Schmitz,theLettristcinemaofMarc'O,andevenmarginalexploitationfilmsandhomemovies.DrawnfromtherichcollectionsofRaymondRohauerandtheGeorgeEastmanHouse,Kino'sthirdvolumeofexperimentalfilmscontinuestoilluminatethedegreetowhichcinema'sevolutionhasbeeninfluencedbythosefilmmakerswhooccupyitsperiphery.