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LA COQUILLE ET LE CLERGYMAN

by Germaine DULAC 1927 / 35mm / b&w / silent / 1S / 40' 00

« We should not look for logic or a sequence which is not present in thing, but interpret images which develop in the direction of their essential intimate significance which goes from outside to the inside. LA COQUILLE ET LE CLERGYMAN does not tell a story but develops a series of mental states which are deduced from each other as thought is from thought. » - Antonin Artaud

NB: Two films conceived by Nicolas Droin and Prosper Hillairet about "The Seashell" are available on demand:

- SURIMPRESSIONS, 2009, 33 min, black and white
“In Surimpressions, four commentators take a multi-faceted view (history, aesthetics, feminism), of Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and the Clergyman (La Coquille et le Clergyman) based on the screenplay by Antonin Artaud, from its genesis, to its place in the history of cinema.”
Participants: Alain Virmaux, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, Tami Williams, Prosper Hillairet

- TUMULTES AUX URSULINES, 2008, 15 min, colour
“A revisiting of the disturbances during the Premiere of the film at the Studio des Ursulines on 9 February 1928, when the Surrealists, lead by Breton and Aragon, caused an uproar during the screening.”
Narrated by Alain Virmaux, interview: Prosper Hillairet

Exclusive North America distribution : Jon Gartenberg Media : http://www.gartenbergmedia.com/dvd/index.html

6 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION

distribution format	35mm
version	restored version
screen	1,33 - Silent (single screen)
speed	18 fps
sound	silent
rental fee	202,00 €

distribution format	16mm
version	restored version
screen	1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed	18 fps
sound	silent
rental fee	202,00 €

distribution format	DVD (PAL)
screen	4/3 (single screen)
speed	25 fps
sound	silent
rental fee	202,00 €

distribution format	35mm
version	restored version
screen	1,33 - Silent (single screen)
speed	18 fps
sound	silent
rental fee	202,00 €

distribution format	Digital file on HDD
version	restored version
screen	4/3 (single screen)
sound	silent
rental fee	202,00 €

distribution format	DCP on USB stick (SMPTE 2K)
version	restored version
screen	1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed	24 fps
sound	silent
rental fee	202,00 €