PRE-ORDER – Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (#1291)

STREET DATE 12/2

The swirling surrealist dreams of Man Ray are high-water marks of 1920s avant-garde cinema, a nexus of cryptic themes, dark eroticism, and playful abstraction. Seemingly plucked from an unconscious realm, these four shortsLe retour la raison, Emak bakia, Ltoile de mer,andLes mystres du chteau du dfind the visionary artist experimenting with the limitless possibilities of montage, superimposition, distortion, and even the application of objects directly onto celluloid. Set here to an ethereal score by the Jim JarmuschCarter Logan collaboration SQRL, these cine-poems are optical carnival rides that surprise, delight, and unsettle with each tantalizing frame.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restorations of all four films, featuring a score by SQRL presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
• Interview with Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, who form the avant-rock band SQRL
• Concert from 2023 featuring SQRL performing its semi-improvised score to Man Rays films
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by author Mark Polizzotti