In the latter half of the 20th century, Raymond Rohauer was one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema. Programming diverse films at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles, and making the films in his personal archive available for commercial distribution, he helped preserve and promote avant-garde cinema. This two-DVD collection assembles some of the most influential and eclectic short films in the Rohauer Collection, including works by Man Ray, Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, Watson & Webber, Fernand Leger, Joris Ivens, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Jean Epstein, and Orson Welles.

Le Retour à la raison (The Return to Reason)
Directed by Man Ray
France 1923
2 Min.

Emak-Bakia (Leave Me Alone)
Directed by Man Ray
France 1926
16 Min.

L'Étoile de mer (The Starfish)
Directed by Man Ray
France 1928
15 Min.

Les Mystères du Château du Dé (The Mysteries of the Château of Dice)
Directed by Man Ray
France 1929
20 Min.

Ménilmontant
Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff
France 1926
37 Min.

Brumes d'Automne (Autumn Mists)
Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff
France 1928
12 Min.

The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra
Directed by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich
US 1928
13 Min.

Lot in Sodom
Directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber
US 1933
27 Min.

Rhythmus 21 (Film Is Rhythm)
Directed by Hans Richter
Germany 1921
3 Min.

Vormittagsspuk (Ghosts Before Breakfast)
Directed by Hans Richter
Germany 1928
9 Min.

Anémic Cinéma
Directed by Marcel Duchamp
France 1926
6 Min.

Ballet Mécanique
Directed by Fernand Léger
France 1924
11 Min.

Symphonie Diagonale (Diagonal Symphony)
Directed by Viking Eggeling
Germany 1924
7 Min.

Le Vampire
Directed by Jean Painlevé
France 1939-45
9 Min.

The Hearts of Age
Directed by Orson Welles and William Vance
US 1934
8 Min.

Überfall (Assault)
Directed by Ernö Metzner
Germany 1928
22 Min.

La Glace à trois faces (The Three-Sided Mirror)
Directed by Jean Epstein
France 1927
33 Min.

Le Tempestaire (The Tempest)
Directed by Jean Epstein
France 1947
22 Min.

Romance Sentimentale (Sentimental Romance)
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori V. Alexandrov
France 1930
16 Min.

Autumn Fire
Directed by Herman G. Weinberg
US 1931
15 Min.

Manhatta
Directed by Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler
US 1921
10 Min.

La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman)
Directed by Germaine Dulac
France 1926
31 Min.

Regen (Rain)
Directed by Joris Ivens
Netherlands 1929
14 Min.

H²O
Directed by Ralph Steiner
US 1929
12 Min.

Even -- As You And I
Directed by Roger Barlow, Harry Hay and LeRoy Robbins
US 1937
12 Min.