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Short 1 - Invention DVD

NR (Not Rated) :: Warner Home Video :: Released: 1999-11-23

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Short 1 - Invention Summary No Description Available.
genre: miscellaneous
rating: nr
release Date: 23-nov-1999
media Type: dvd

Short 1: Invention represents the first comprehensive attempt to compile multimedia content on DVD in a magazine-like format, and it's a welcome addition to the digital realm. Originally released on the defunct Polygram label as Short Cinema Journal, Vol. 1, the first installment in the Short series is an above-average mix of documentary, animation, and live-action shorts, even if several of the entries are nearly a decade old. The DVD is divided into six topics--"Marquee"; "Hello, Dali"; "Reality"; "Sound Bit"; "Minutes"; and "Junkdrawer"--the best highlights are to be found in "Hello, Dali," "Reality," and "Minutes," which contain interesting, even brilliant, bits. The excerpt from Shape Without Form is a surreal, four-minute exercise in angst and it shares a slot with the most noteworthy discovery on the DVD, the creative and ingenious Will Vinton-produced Mr. Resistor, which is a cleverly animated, Road Warrior-like ride through the electrical world. In the "Minutes" chapter, British director Michael Apted discusses the premise that "film is the poetry of ordinary life," and although eight minutes can't begin to cover a director's career, this segment does its expurgated best. There are segments from the Ron Fricke film Baraka (also available as a full-length DVD), which still dazzles after nearly two decades with its austere lesson in nature and humanity. Black Rider is an Oscar-winning German short that chronicles a black man's plight on a tram, with a delightful twist ending. A slight disappointment, George Hickenlooper's Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade is the original short that inspired Billy Bob Thornton's acclaimed feature film version, and it pales in comparison. Likewise, Henry Rollins's Easter Sunday in NYC is little more than an angry, pointless, and dated rant for misfits everywhere. Some of the films--like the clay-animated movie spoof The Big Story, featuring Frank Gorshin's hilarious impression of Kirk Douglas--are sure to please those who never saw them on the film festival circuit. On the whole, the good outweighs the mediocre in this deft compilation, boding well for subsequent volumes in the series. --Paula Nechak

Short 1: Invention DVD Techincal Details Cast: Senta Moira, Frank Gorshin, Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald
Director: David Stoten, George Hickenlooper, Mark Gustafson, Pepe Danquart Array
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 120 mins
UPC: 085393684525
Binding: DVD
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1999-11-23
Region Code: 1
Specs: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Live, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround),