N.p. N.p., 1956, 1963. Small archive consisting of two notes from film director and author Kenneth Anger to his friend, British film critic Roy Edwards. Two items are dated 1956 and 1963, pretty much the epicenter of Anger's coming into prominence as a film director of importance, with the releases of "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1953) and "Scorpio Rising,"... (read more)

N.p. Stan Brakhage, 1967. Original two color hand printed poster advertising the two first public screenings of the 1967 film, as well as selections from Brakhage's "Songs" and a live lecture by Brakhage. The only poster for a Brakhage screening we have ever encountered, as none of Brakhage's films ever received wide distribution and the kind of poster advertisement that... (read more)

West Newbury, MA: Frontier Press, 1971. First Edition. A brief philosophical companion to the experimental films of Stan Brakhage, written by the filmmaker. Brakhage's work has recently been the subject of much revival and renewed consideration, due to a two-disc compilation of his work released by the Criterion Collection. Fine in perfect-bound, flexible leatherette covers with gilt titles to the... (read more)

New York: Galeria Bonino, 1967. Complete set of four matching exhibition catalogs for a staggered series of installations by avant-garde film director Robert Breer, held at the Galeria Bonino in New York between 1965 and 1970. The first catalog is for an exhibition at the gallery titled "Constructions and Films," and was held in early 1965, noted as Exhibition No... (read more)

Pasadena, CA: Spiral Group, 1986. First Edition. Issue number six of "SPIRAL" magazine. Edited by Los Angeles Filmforum founder Terry Cannon, the magazine ran for nine issues between 1984 and 1986, and according to David James' "The Most Typical Avant-Garde" represented "the only sustained attempt in Los Angeles to create a periodical about avant-garde film." James goes on the say... (read more)

New York: The Living Theatre, 1961. Original flyer for an exhibition of six films by Maya Deren held on February 20 and 27, 1961 at the Bleecker Street Cinema, and March 6 and 13, 1961 at The Living Theater. The flyer notes that music for two of the films, "Meshes in the Afternoon" and "The Very Eye of the Night"... (read more)

Austria: Valie Export FIlmproduktion, 1977. Original German A1 poster for the 1977 Austrian film. Designed by Spiros Tsiligiridis. Susanne Widl portrays Ann, an artist obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction of the human race. A highly symbolic and experimental work, where the filmmaking itself mirrors the character's mental state, utilizing juxtaposition, montage, odd camera angles... (read more)

New York: Two Faces / New Yorker Films, 1969. Vintage poster for the 1969 film, an experimental mix of documentary and fiction. Poster designed by Robert Frank. Director Robert Frank's first feature film, in which he follows poet Peter Orlvosky and his mentally ill brother Julius as they move through the late 1960s Beat scene, while Peter tries to care... (read more)

N.p. N.p., 1968. Vintage borderless press photograph of Mick Jagger in the studio, from the set of the 1968 French experimental film mixing documentary with surreal imagery and fictitious characters. With a few penciled notations on the verso indicating placement. An image of Mick Jagger in the studio, from one of the many sequences relating to the band's creation of... (read more)

Paris: Anne-age-Bela, 1975. Collection of ten vintage borderless photographs (five black-and-white and five in color) from the 1975 film. Generally considered the peak of the collaborative work on video done by Godard and Mieville, presenting scenes from the everyday interactions of a working class family, with a special focus on children. The film was shot on video, then played back... (read more)

N.p. N.p., 1973. Vintage borderless press photograph of Alejandro Jodorowsky directing his third film, "The Holy Mountain." Mimeo snipe on the verso credited to the director's Mexican production company, Procinemex, describing the details of the photo in Spanish. 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24 x 19.5 cm). Near Fine. (read more)

N.p. William Klein, 1968. Vintage photograph, shot by director-photographer William Klein, during the making of his landmark documentary. With Klein's stamp on the back, noting his address in Paris. In making his cinema verite documentary about the occupation of the Sorbonne begun during the May, 1968 protests in Paris, Klein received unprecedented access to student leaders, activists, various committee meetings... (read more)

New York: The Collective for Living Cinema, 1977. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Yvonne Rainer on the table on contents: "Greetings / to Schuldt / from Yvonne / almost Spring 1977." Rainer contributes printed annotated selections from the script from her landmark feminist film "Katrina Talking Pictures" (1966) to the issue. Near Fine in saddle stitched wrappers. (read more)

Los Angeles: American Film Institute [AFI], Circa 1973-1974. Two vintage press photographs from the set of the 1977 film. Lynch's film was shot piecemeal on an AFI backlot in Los Angeles over a period of five years, and two years into the project, cinematographer Herbert Cardwell died in his sleep at the age of 35. He was replaced after four... (read more)

N.p. N.p., 1973. Original poster for the Tenth Annual New York Avant Garde Festival held on December 9, 1973 at Grand Central Station in New York. Poster by artist, designer, and musician Jim McWilliams, who would design 12 of the 15 festival posters, making his work synonymous with the Festival. Founded by cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman, the Annual... (read more)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1932. Original photo album archive consisting exclusively of exquisitely shot vernacular photographs from George Pal's studio in Germany, shot shortly after he left his native Hungary, where he developed his famous Puppetoons technique of stop-motion animation. With Pal's bookplate to front free end-paper and his ownership stamp to inside front and back covers. 68 vintage photographs, all... (read more)

N.p. Rome Paris Films, 1966. Vintage French Moyenne poster for the 1966 film. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. A flurry of controversy surrounded the production and release of Rivette's film. Upon facing pressure from the French Catholic Church regarding its critical religious and sexual content, the new Minister of Information, Yvon Bourges, banned its... (read more)

Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1967. Draft script for the 1967 film. Text in Japanese. An experimental, absurdist, pop art satire of yakuza films and film noir, Suzuki’s film was a failure on release, leading him to be fired and then blackballed by the studio for making films that made neither sense nor profit. The film rightly became a cult classic with its... (read more)

Soviet Union: Mosfilm, 1983. Vintage photograph of director Andrei Tarkovsky on the set of the 1983 film. Typescript snipe and holograph notations on the verso. The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Jankovsky) and his interpreter Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano) journey to Italy to research a forgotten 18th-century composer. Winner of three prizes at The Cannes Film Festival, including Best Director, and... (read more)

Paris: Telemondial, 1973. Original French Grande poster and double sided French flyer for the 1973 Situationist film by Rene Vienet, which repurposes the 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film "Crush," directed by Kuang-Chi Tu, overdubbing the dialogue to create "a critique of class conflicts, bureaucratic socialism, the failures of the French Communist Party, Maoism, cultural hegemony, sexual equality and the... (read more)

Chicago, IL: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1968. Original mailer with exhibition information and 33 1/3 rpm record "Sounds for 4 Cinema Pieces" soundtracks by Robert Whitman for his films from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, April and May, 1968. Whitman's 4 Cinema Pieces, "Window" (1963), "Shower" (1964), "Dressing Table" (1964), and "Sink" (1964), were shown together for the first... (read more)