Henri Cartier-Bresson is remembered as one of the greatest photographers ever - but he was also an avid and talented filmmaker. Several documentaries he shot between the 1930s and the 1970s bear witness to his affection for the cinema, a medium that he sees as “an alternative to photography in the way it sees the world and captures its movement.” A new, 2-disc collection released by New Video includes includes five of his major films plus a series of documentaries about the artist. A 32-page illustrated booklet containing reproductions of his legendary photos completes the package. Timed to release before the first retrospective of Cartier-Bresson’s works in the US in three decades at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Henri Cartier-Bresson: Collector’s Edition will become available on 30 March 2010, priced at $49.95.

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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON 2-DISC COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Includes the Acclaimed Film The Impassioned Eye
5 of Cartier-Bresson’s Original Films
Revealing Documentaries
Plus a 32-page Illustrated Booklet

Street Date: March 30, 2010
Pre-Order Date: February 23, 2010
SRP: $49.95

OVERVIEW: Henri Cartier-Bresson may be considered the father of modern photojournalism, but he was not solely a photographer. Several documentaries he shot between the 1930s and the 1970s bear witness to his affection for the cinema, a medium that he sees as “an alternative to photography in the way it sees the world and captures its movement.” This lavish collector’s edition includes: a series of documentaries about the artist, which allows us to (re)discover his powerful and rare photographic work; five major works directed by Cartier-Bresson himself; and a 32-page illustrated collectible book containing criticism of his work as well as reproductions of his legendary photographs.

Timed to release before the first retrospective of Cartier-Bresson’s works in the US in three decades at the Museum of Modern Art in NY*, the Henri Cartier-Bresson: Collector’s Edition arrives on March 30, 2010 from New Video.

*After MOMA, the retrospective travels to the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

DISC ONE
Victory of Life* (1937)
Spain Will Live* (1938)
The Return (1945)
California Impressions (1970)
Southern Exposures (1971)

DISC TWO
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003)
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Adventure (1962)
Contacts: Henri Cartier-Bresson (1994)
Flagrants délits (1967)
A Day in the Studio of Henri Cartier-Bresson (2005)
Lest We Forget: Letter to Mamadou Bâ (1991)

* Restored from the Archives Françaises du Film du Centre National de la Cinématographie, Ministère de la Culture

DVD BONUS FEATURES:
  * Includes a 32-page illustrated booklet
  * Three additional documentaries
  * A montage of Bresson’s photos
  * Five of Bresson’s major original films
  * 1991 film Bresson made with Martine Franck (Lest We Forget: Letter to Mamadou Bâ)

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Catalog #:      NNVG212251           Language:      English, French, with subtitles
Rating:          N/A                     Color:          Color and B&W
Running Time:  5 hrs, 11 mins + extras Audio Format:  Stereo
Genre:          Documentary/Arts            

About Arthouse Films
Arthouse Films is an independent film production and distribution label based in NY and LA and acquires, produces, co-produces and distributes 20+ titles per year. Upcoming and current titles include: HERB & DOROTHY by Megumi Sasaki, MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM & DELIGHT by Wendy Keys, BEAUTIFUL LOSERS by Aaron Rose, REM KOOLHAAS: A KIND OF ARCHITECT by Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch, THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING by Christina Clausen, OBSCENE by Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O’Connor, PAINTERS PAINTING by Emile de Antonio, and the HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON DVD Boxed Set.  Arthouse is currently in production on a feature-length documentary on Jean-Michel Basquiat by Tamra Davis.

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