Celestial Navigations - The Short Films of Al Jarnow

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Beginning with his work for a certain public television show that featured a big yellow bird, a cookie-devouring monster and a counting vampire, Al Jarnow devoted his life to capturing life's scientific minutia, boiled down into bite-sized bits of dazzling animated cinema. As a celluloid carrying member of New York's avant-grade film scene. Jarnow created dozen of awe-inspiring experimental shorts that up until now could only be seen in the film collections of such temples of culture as New York's Museum of Modern Art. The 45 films collected here, which include both his early work for public television and his personal efforts, have been lovingly transferred from the original 16mm prints and fully remastered in Dolby Digital.