Full DVD features:-
PARADISE NOW: THE LIVING THEATRE IN AMERIKA (1969) a film by Marty Topp, produced by Ira Cohen for Universal Mutant
"Marty Topp's beautiful film of 'Paradise Now' reveals how the theories of revolutionary change and the experience of sexual liberation are not separate paths to the beautiful nonviolent anarchist revolution. Practiced together they are a single thrust, encompassing both political action and sensual joy, leading to the dreamed-of terrestrial paradise." - Judith Malina.
EMERGENCY: THE LIVING THEATRE (1968) a film by Gwen Brown, featuring precious footage of Living Theatre productions Mysteries and smaller pieces, Paradise Now, and Frankenstein.
THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION: CHANGE! (2007) a film by Will Swofford and Georg Gatsas.
TWO DOUBLE SIDED 14 x 19 POSTERS 1) THE MAP OF PARADISE as drawn by Julian Beck and 2) AN INFRARED ODYSESSY a stunning montage of photographs by Don Snyder from Paradise Now at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
36 PAGE FULL COLOR MAGAZINE BOOKLET including texts by Antonin Artaud, Allan Graubard, Julian Beck, Judith Malina, Ira Cohen, Don Snyder, photographs, stills from the films, ephemera and much more.
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL FEATURES INTERVIEWS with directors Julian Beck*, Judith Malina, Hanon Reznikov, company member Steve Ben Israel, and producer Ira Cohen; THE SPINNING WHEEL by Steve Ben Israel, soundtrack to EMERGENCY sourced from agit-prop radio broadcasts; LOVE & POLITICS, an introduction to the themes and personalities at the heart of the work of The Living Theatre, including scenes from The Living Theatre repertory and poems and texts by Malina, Reznikov, Julian Beck. Filmed at The Pink Pony NYC and LaMama ETC with an introduction by Ira Cohen; FULL THEATRICAL SCRIPT SLIDESHOW of Paradise Now, A Collective Creation of The Living Theatre, as written down by Julian Beck and Judith Malina documenting more than 100 performances of the event; MYSTIC FIRE GALLERY of excerpts from Living Theatre documentaries including Sheldon Rochlin's watershed documentary, Signal Through the Flames. | |