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NEW SPRING 2010 RELEASE! Coming out on March 2nd (prebook January 26th) ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN A Film by Peter Lennon Cinematography by Raoul Coutard The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism. Featuring the inspired photography of legendary French cinematographer Raoul Coutard, and interviews with writers Sean O’Faolain and Conor Cruise O’Brien. “Magnificent! One of the most beautiful documentaries the cinema has given us.” Cahiers du Cinéma Bonus: THE MAKING OF ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN, a 27 minute documentary reuniting Peter Lennon and cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who recount the making of their then controversial but now classic film. DVD / 69 + 27 min. / 1967 – 2004 B&W + Color / English UPC # 8-54565-00123-7 / SRP $24.98 Prebook: 01/26/2010 / Street: 03/2/2010 MUST-HAVE TITLES FOR THE NEW YEAR! [Chile, Obstinate Memory] brings the story full circle, capping off a singular landmark in political docu-journalism.” David Fear, Time Out NY “Extras on Icarus Films’ beautifully mastered, four-disc The Battle of Chile place the documentary in historical perspective.” Glenn Erickson, DVD Savant “The crisp Icarus Films DVD captures the immediacy of its sights and sounds without airbrushing their vital roughness.” Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine “Great films rarely arrive as unheralded as The Battle of Chile.” Pauline Kael, The New Yorker “Not only the best films about Allende and the coup d’etat, but among the best documentary films every made, changing our concepts of political documentary within a framework accessible to the widest audience.” Time Out Film Guide 2009 “DVD RELEASE OF THE YEAR!” – NORMAN WILNER, MSN.COM THE BATTLE OF CHILE is one of the true classics of world cinema, a remarkable doc- umentary that chronicles Chile’s peaceful socialist revolution, led by its democratically- elected President, Salvador Allende, and the violent counterrevolution against it that put in power dictator Augusto Pinochet. The film was hailed on its original release by Pauline Kael in The New Yorker as “Spectacular… a major film” and described by Judy Stone in The San Francisco Chronicle as “A landmark in the presentation of a living history on film.” MEMORABLE DVD BOXED SETS OF 2009 “An eye-scorching immediacy that docs just don’t have anymore.” Michael Atkinson, IFC.com “Worth the wait, the film almost seems to have more to say now.” James van Maanen, TrustMovies.com BOX SET INCLUDES: Part I: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (96 min.) Part II: The Coup d’Etat (88 min.) Part III: The Power of the People (79 min.) Bonus disc: Patricio Guzmán’s Chile, Obstinate Memory (57 min.) and a filmed interview (22 min.) with the filmmaker 16-page booklet including Pauline Kael’s review in The New Yorker THE BATTLE OF CHILE DVD / 262 min. on 3 discs / 1975-78 B&W / Spanish w/optional English subtitles CHILE, OBSTINATE MEMORY DVD / 57 min. / 1997 Color / Spanish w/ English subtitles UPC # 8-54565-00119-0 / SRP $44.98

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Page 1: MUST-HAVE TITLES FOR THE NEW YEAR!Angeles and the Swiss Alps! Bonus: DVD-ROM 2xPDF (bio, reviews, interviews), sequence from The Way Things Go. DVD / 30 + 55 min. / 1981 - 1983 Color

NEW SPRING 2010 RELEASE!Coming out on March 2nd (prebook January 26th)ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLINA Film by Peter LennonCinematography by Raoul Coutard

The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festivalin 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960sIreland: the stultifying educational system, therepressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopiccultural nationalism.Featuring the inspired photography of legendaryFrench cinematographer Raoul Coutard, andinterviews with writers Sean O’Faolain and ConorCruise O’Brien.

“Magnificent! One of the most beautifuldocumentaries the cinema has given us.”–Cahiers du Cinéma

Bonus: THE MAKING OF ROCKY ROADTO DUBLIN, a 27 minute documentaryreuniting Peter Lennon and cinematographerRaoul Coutard, who recount the making oftheir then controversial but now classic film.

DVD / 69 + 27 min. / 1967 – 2004B&W + Color / EnglishUPC # 8-54565-00123-7 / SRP $24.98Prebook: 01/26/2010 / Street: 03/2/2010

MUST-HAVE TITLESFOR THE NEW YEAR!

“[Chile, Obstinate Memory] brings the story full circle, cappingoff a singular landmark in political docu-journalism.”

–David Fear, Time Out NY

“Extras on Icarus Films’ beautifully mastered, four-disc TheBattle of Chile place the documentary in historical perspective.”

–Glenn Erickson, DVD Savant

“The crisp Icarus Films DVD captures the immediacy of itssights and sounds without airbrushing their vital roughness.”

–Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

“Great films rarely arrive as unheralded as The Battle of Chile.”–Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

“Not only the best films about Allende and the coup d’etat, butamong the best documentary films every made, changing our

concepts of political documentary within a frameworkaccessible to the widest audience.”

–Time Out Film Guide

2009 “DVD RELEASE OF THE YEAR!”– NORMAN WILNER, MSN.COM

THE BATTLE OF CHILE is one of the true classics of world cinema, a remarkable doc-umentary that chronicles Chile’s peaceful socialist revolution, led by its democratically-elected President, Salvador Allende, and the violent counterrevolution against it that putin power dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The film was hailed on its original release by Pauline Kael in The New Yorker as“Spectacular… a major film” and described by Judy Stone in The San FranciscoChronicle as “A landmark in the presentation of a living history on film.”

MEMORABLEDVD BOXEDSETS OF 2009

“An eye-scorchingimmediacy that docs

just don’t have anymore.”–Michael Atkinson, IFC.com

“Worth the wait, the filmalmost seems to have

more to say now.”–James van Maanen, TrustMovies.com

BOX SET INCLUDES:• Part I: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (96 min.) • Part II: The Coup d’Etat (88 min.) • Part III: The Power of the People (79 min.) • Bonus disc: Patricio Guzmán’s Chile, Obstinate Memory (57 min.)

and a filmed interview (22 min.) with the filmmaker• 16-page booklet including Pauline Kael’s review in The New Yorker

THE BATTLE OF CHILEDVD / 262 min. on 3 discs / 1975-78B&W / Spanish w/optional English subtitlesCHILE, OBSTINATE MEMORYDVD / 57 min. / 1997Color / Spanish w/ English subtitlesUPC # 8-54565-00119-0 / SRP $44.98

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THE WAYTHINGS GO A Film by Peter Fischli& David Weiss

100 feet of physical interactions,chemical reactions, and preciselycrafted chaos worthy of RubeGoldberg or Alfred Hitchcock -a discussion starter from “themerry pranksters of contempo-rary art.”

Bonus:Newly Re-mastered,Biographies, Scene Access,Interactive Menus.

DVD / 30 min. / Color / 1987UPC # 8-54565-00120-6SRP: $19.98

ART SAFARI A Series by Ben Lewis

In this playful series of 8 films,Art Geek Ben Lewis travels theworld in search of great Con-temporary Art and stops atnothing to probe the minds ofthe most interesting, imaginativeand insane artists.

With: Matthew Barney, TakashiMurakami & Sophie Calle.

Bonus: 24-page booklet withessays on each artist/episode byBen Lewis.

DVD / 2-disc Set / Booklet8 x 28 min. / Color / English / 2005UPC # 8-54565-00118-3SRP: $29.98

REGULAROR SUPER A Film by Joseph Hillel& Patrick Demers

An introduction to Mies van derRohe, one of the 20th century’smost influential architects, andan examination of modernismand urban environments.

“A fitting tribute!”-Le Devoir

Bonus: 14 extra scenes (59 min.)with architects, including RemKoolhaas.

DVD / 57 min. + 59 min. of bonusColor / English & French versions2004UPC # 8-54565-00100-8SRP: $24.98

THE POINT OFLEAST RESISTANCE/ THE RIGHT WAY Two Films by Peter Fischli& David Weiss

From the artists who brought usThe Way Things Go, come the earlyadventures of Rat and Bear makingtheir way through a film noir LosAngeles and the Swiss Alps!

Bonus: DVD-ROM 2xPDF (bio,reviews, interviews), sequencefrom The Way Things Go.

DVD / 30 + 55 min. / 1981 - 1983Color / German w/English subtitlesUPC # 8-54565-00107-7SRP: $24.98

FROM THE EASTA Film by Chantal Akerman

In this cinematographic elegy,Akerman retraces a journeyfrom the end of summer todeepest winter, from East Ger-many, across Poland and theBaltics, to Moscow, shortly afterthe collapse of the Soviet bloc.

“One of the 10 Best Filmsof the 1990s.”-J. Hoberman, Artforum

Bonus: 12-page booklet withthe essay On D’Est by ChantalAkerman.

DVD / Booklet / 110 min.Color / 1993UPC # 8-54565-00110-7SRP: $29.98

NOTES ONMARIE MENKENA Film by Martina Kudláček,with music by John Zorn

The story of the “mother ofavant-garde film”—the experi-mental filmmaker who inspiredStan Brakhage, Andy Warhol,Jonas Mekas and Kenneth Anger.Includes the amazing sequence ofthe camera duel with Warhol.

Bonus: 3 films by Marie Menken,Glimpse of the Garden, Arabesquefor Kenneth Anger, Visual Varia-tions for Noguchi.

DVD / 97 min. / Color + B&WEnglish / 2006UPC # 8-54565-00117-6SRP: $29.98

Page 3: MUST-HAVE TITLES FOR THE NEW YEAR!Angeles and the Swiss Alps! Bonus: DVD-ROM 2xPDF (bio, reviews, interviews), sequence from The Way Things Go. DVD / 30 + 55 min. / 1981 - 1983 Color

OPERATIONFILMMAKERA Film by Nina Davenport

When Hollywood gives a youngIraqi film student the opportu-nity of a lifetime, nothing goes ac-cording to plan, and the result isan engaging, sometimes comicalpolitical parable about do-gooderintentions gone wrong.With Liev Schreiber, ElijahWood & Dwayne “The Rock”Johnson

Bonus Features: 5 deleted scenes,Filmed interview with director,Filmmaker biography.

DVD / 92 min. + 25 min. / ColorUPC # 8-54565-00109-1SRP: $29.98

THE ISTERA Film by David Barison& Daniel Ross

A journey up the Danube Riverto explore some of the most chal-lenging paths in the thought ofMartin Heidegger.

With: Philosophers Philippe La-coue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Nancy,Bernard Stiegler, and filmmakerHans-Jürgen Syberberg.

Bonus: Additional interviews &booklet with texts by the film-makers. 16-page booklet.

DVD / Booklet / 189 min.Color / 2004English & Frenchw/English subtitlesUPC # 8-54565-00116-9SRP: $29.98

O AMOR NATURAL A Film byHeddy Honigmann

A celebration of Brazilian poetCarlos Drummond de Andrade’ssensual vision and erotic verses –one of the greatest Latin Ameri-can poets of the 20th century.

“A touching fresco of art,memory and desire.”-Chicago Tribune

DVD / 76 min. / 1996 / ColorPortuguese w/English subtitlesUPC # 8-54565-00122-0SRP: $24.98

FOREVERA Film byHeddy Honigmann

A poignant tour of the impor-tance of art in the lives of visitorsto the Père-Lachaise cemetery inParis, the final resting place forlegendary writers, composers,painters and other artists fromaround the world.

Bonus Features:Filmed conver-sation with director, filmmakerbiography and filmography,trailers.

DVD / 95 min. + 30 min. / ColorEnhanced for Widescreen TVsUPC # 8-54565-00112-1SRP: $29.98

LA COMMUNE(PARIS, 1871)A Film by Peter Watkins

Based on a thorough historicalresearch into the Paris Communeof 1871 (the French revolutionarygovernment established duringthe Franco-Prussian War), thisfilm leads to an inevitable reflec-tion about the present.

“Best film of the year!”-Village Voice

Bonus: The Universal Clock, afilm by Geoff Bowie on film-maker Peter Watkins (76 min.);biography of Peter Watkins.

DVD / 3 Disc-Set / 345 min. / B&WFrench w/English subtitles / 2000UPC # 8-54565-00121-3SRP: $39.98

EDWARD SAID:TWO FILMSOUT OF PLACE:MEMORIES OF EDWARD SAIDA film by Sato MakotoEDWARD SAID:THE LAST INTERVIEWDirected by Mike Dibb &produced by D.D. Guttenplan

Two feature documentaries onthe life and ideas of the Colum-bia University star professorand fervent political activist.

Bonus: 16-page booklet withtexts by filmmakers.

DVD / 2-disc set / Booklet137 min. + 114 min.Color + B&W / 2005English, Hebrew & Arabicw/English subtitlesUPC # 8-54565-00115-2SRP: $34.98

Page 4: MUST-HAVE TITLES FOR THE NEW YEAR!Angeles and the Swiss Alps! Bonus: DVD-ROM 2xPDF (bio, reviews, interviews), sequence from The Way Things Go. DVD / 30 + 55 min. / 1981 - 1983 Color

REMEMBRANCE OFTHINGS TO COMEA Film by Yannick Bellon& Chris Marker

Reminiscent of Resnais, Ivens,even Kubrick, but in its deploy-ment of still photographs, itstheme of history and memory, itssubject-skipping montage andrapid shuttle of wit and philoso-phy it’s pure Marker.

Bonus Features: The filmCOLETTE by Yannick Bellon.

DVD / 42 min. + 26 min. / B&WUPC # 8-54565-00106-0SRP: $24.98

THE CASE OFTHE GRINNING CATA Film by Chris Marker

A reflection on French andinternational politics, art andculture at the start of the newmillennium.

Bonus Features: 7 bonus films!

DVD / 58 min. + 35 min. / ColorUPC # 8-54565-00103-9SRP: $29.98

THE SIXTH SIDE OFTHE PENTAGON /THE EMBASSYTwo Films by Chris Marker

A chronicle of the 1967 Mobiliza-tion to End the War in Vietnamprotest march on the Pentagon(see Mailer’s Armies of theNight). This disc also includesone of Marker’s few fiction films,THE EMBASSY.

DVD / 26 min. + 21 min.B&W + ColorUPC # 8-54565-00104-6SRP: $24.98

THE LASTBOLSHEVIK /HAPPINESSFilms by Chris Markerand Alexander Medvedkin

This two-disc set includes ChrisMarker’s tribute to Russian filmdirector Alexander Medvedkin,Medvedkin’s silent classicHAPPINESS (1934), and loadsof extras.

Bonus Features: Supplementaryinterviews, related short films.

2 DVD set / 116 min. + 64 min.B&W + ColorEnglish & French vesionsUPC # 8-54565-00105-3SRP: $34.98

OUR DAILY BREADA Film byNikolaus Geyrhalter

A spectacular visual essay com-posed of epic tableaus, a haunt-ing vision of our modern foodindustry, and the methods andtechnology utilized for massproduction.

“One of the 10 bestfilms of the year!”-Manohla Dargis,The New York Times

Bonus Features: Behind thescenes photo gallery, film stillsgallery, 2xPDF of filmmakers in-terviews, Filmography.

DVD / 92 min. / ColorEnhanced for Widescreen TVsUPC # 8-54565-00111-4SRP: $29.98

A GRIN WITHOUTA CATA Film by Chris Marker

Marker’s magnum-opus. Theepic film-essay on the worldwidepolitical wars of the 60’s and 70’s:Vietnam, Che, May ‘68, Prague,Chile, and the fate of the NewLeft.

HHHH “Towering andextraordinary! Staggeringin its depth and scope...An event of majorimportance.”-Phil Hall, Film Threat

DVD / 180 min. / B&W + ColorEnglish, French & German versionsw/Spanish & Portuguese subtitlesUPC # 8-54565-00113-8SRP: $29.98

CONTACT: [email protected] TEL 800-876-1710 FAX 718-488-864232 Court Street, 21st floor Brooklyn, NY 11201. Available from Baker & Taylor, Midwest Tape, AEC, or directly from Icarus Films:

http://HomeVideo.IcarusFilms.com