{"product_id":"the-curtis-harrington-short-film-collection","title":"The Curtis Harrington Short Film Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eSTREAM DIGITAL EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003ePURCHASE M.O.D. BLU-RAY EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4f81bd;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOUT OF PRINT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4f81bd;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBLU-RAY \/ DVD DUAL-FORMAT EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCurtis Harrington is widely regarded as one of the most important avant-garde directors of the 1940s, as well as an early influential figure in what would come to be known as ‘New Queer Cinema.’ This publication is a joint effort between Flicker Alley and Drag City featuring restorations carried out by the Academy Film Archive on a single-disc Blu-ray\/DVD combo, comprised of six short films by the late experimental filmmaker, as well as bonus interview footage and rarely-seen early works.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCurtis Harrington was born in Los Angeles in 1926. He began making films as a teenager, often deeply surreal, intuitive, and owing much to the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in film studies, his unique career trajectory led him from the academic circles of cinematic criticism (he wrote a publication on the films of Josef von Sternberg); to the Hollywood assistant desk of writer\/producer Jerry Wald; to the elite group of independent filmmakers associated with Kenneth Anger (the two remained life-long friends and colleagues); to the famed film factory of cult icon Roger Corman; then on to his own stint in the world of genre movie-making with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eNight Tide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGames\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e and most unpredictable of all, to finding commercial success in television.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"redactor-invisible-space\" style=\"color: #000000; line-height: 1.6em; background-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFILMS INCLUDED:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eFragment of Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e (1946) -\u003c\/strong\u003e Harrington plays a young man desperately seeking out the fleeting image of a female companion and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the surreal explorations of his own sexuality. Made a year before Kenneth Anger's \u003cem\u003eFireworks\u003c\/em\u003e, the films contain some similarities in their treatment of homoerotic themes, though Fragment is more restrained and subtle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePicnic\u003c\/em\u003e (1948) -\u003c\/strong\u003e Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, \u003cem\u003ePicnic\u003c\/em\u003e portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast off. Harrington himself described the film thus: \"a satirical comment on middle-class life frames a dream-like continuity in which the protagonist pursues an illusory object of desire.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e (1949) -\u003c\/strong\u003e In this fragile, yet frightening poetic fantasy, set against a dark industrial landscape, Harrington casts his own mother and father in the lead roles.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Assignation\u003c\/em\u003e (1953) -\u003c\/strong\u003e Long considered lost, this was Harrington’s first color film. It was shot in Venice, Italy, and not unlike \u003cem\u003eFragment of Seeking\u003c\/em\u003e, follows a masked figure through the labyrinthine canals of the city, building to a spectacular climax.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wormwood Star\u003c\/em\u003e (1955) -\u003c\/strong\u003e A film study of the artwork of famed painter, occultist and Alistair Crowley-enthusiast Majorie Cameron. Cameron went on to star in Harrington’s feature-length \u003cem\u003eNight Tide\u003c\/em\u003e. It is by far one of his most visually arresting works.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUsher\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) -\u003c\/strong\u003e Harrington’s final film before his death in 2007, \u003cem\u003eUsher\u003c\/em\u003e is a remake of a short he made in high school based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe story “The Fall of the House of Usher.” He once again expresses his interest in the occult by casting known members of the Church of Satan, Nikolas and Zeena Schreck.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Four Elements \u003c\/em\u003e(1966) - \u003c\/strong\u003eA poetic and avant-garde documentary Harrington made for the United States Information Agency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher \u003c\/em\u003e(1942) - \u003c\/strong\u003eThe original film - made by Harrington when was in high school - from which \u003cem\u003eUsher\u003c\/em\u003e is based.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Interview with Curtis Harrington -\u003c\/strong\u003e shot by filmmakers Tyler Hubby and Jeffrey Schwarz, who are responsible for the documentary \u003cem\u003eHouse of Harrington\u003c\/em\u003e (2009).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 2003 Interview with Harrington -\u003c\/strong\u003e Made courtesy of the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 28-Page Booklet -\u003c\/strong\u003e Containing notes on the films’ restorations by Academy Film Archive preservationist Mark Toscano and an essay by Lisa Janssen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eRelease Date: January 25, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eFormat:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eBlu-ray \/ DVD\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eRegion:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eALL REGION\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eDirector:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eCurtis Harrington\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eYear:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e1946-2002\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eLength:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e100 mins.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eUPC:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\" itemprop=\"gtin12\"\u003e6-17311-67799-1\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Flicker Alley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512531194096,"sku":"khb1790005188723","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1586\/5328\/files\/the-curtis-harrington-short-film-collection_1.jpg?v=1790005194","url":"https:\/\/goldseamfit.shop\/products\/the-curtis-harrington-short-film-collection","provider":"My Store 2","version":"1.0","type":"link"}