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Emak-Bakia
(1926)
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This experimental short film, directed by Man Ray, features a number of French celebrities.
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 The Criterion Collection
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (1923-1929), black & white, 70 minutes total, not rated, including Emak Bakia (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, unknown catalog number (collection number 1291), unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 2 December 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a 4K scan of an archival print.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled and performed by Sqürl (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan).
Supplemental material includes an interview regarding the scores of the films by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan; concert footage of Sqürl performing their music; and an esssay by Mark Polizzotti.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the films.
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Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and ’30s (1921-1947), black & white, 360 minutes total, not rated, including Emak-Bakia (1926), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K402, UPC 7-38329-04022-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 sNTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, English language subtitles (selected films); chapter stops; two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2 August 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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Kino International has filled in a previously-neglected gap in world cinema available on quality home video with this collection of experimental films. Several of the most-famous avant-garde films of the silent era are presented in this DVD.
The presentation of silent films is accompanied by newly-composed music scores by Donald Sosin, Larry Marotta, Sue Harshe and Paul Mercer. The disc also features film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein, and optional English language subtitles (on selected films).
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other AVANT-GARDE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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