Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works

Robert Frank's lasting influence on the photography of the mid-twentieth century is unquestionable, but Frank the filmmaker has remained a well-kept secret for almost four decades. Long awaited, Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works, Volume 4 is the latest in a multi-volume collection that will release more than 25 of Frank's films and videos onto DVD. Each volume contains three DVDs and related ephemera cleverly and nostalgically packaged in a film-roll-box slipcase. This volume features Life Dances On (1980), a personal, intuitively filmed glimpse into Frank's grief over the loss of his daughter, Andrea, and his collaborator, Danny Seymour; Energy and How to Get It (1981), a spoof on the documentary form about Robert Golka, an engineer who was experimenting with the development of fusion as an energy force; and Home Improvements (1985), Frank's first video project--a poignant diary about the relationship between his artistic and personal lives.