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IRA COHEN
THE INVASION OF THUNDERBOLT PAGODA DVD

Ira Cohen says: “It was in 1968, the year before Woodstock, between the giant bottle of liquid mercury Tony Conrad found in a doorway on 42nd St. and the Mylar chamber, we experienced a shared voyage conceived in three parts: The Opium Dream, Shaman and Heavenly Blue Mylar Pavilions, an alchemical journey born of out common consciousness — culminating in the akashic bindu drop swirling in the sky’s reflected azure. No minimalism here, but a maximalist adventure . . .”

* High-quality transfer from the original 16mm film, with color correction supervised by the director

* The legendary soundtrack, newly remastered by Tim Barnes, featuring The Universal Mutant Repertory Company (Loren Standlee, Ziska Baum, Angus MacLise, Hetty MacLise, Raja Samayana, Tony Conrad, Henry Flynt and Jackson MacLow)

* 16-page commemorative booklet featuring mylar photography and poetry by Ira Cohen and Angus MacLise, and critical texts by Ian Macfadyen and Allan Graubard

* Director’s Commentary track by Ira Cohen

“Long, Strange Trip for a Hypnotic Film”: New York Times on the making of the film and DVD

“Underground film maker, poet, photographer and multimedia shaman Ira Cohen has finally realised his 1968 masterpiece on DVD.”–Edwin Pouncey in The Wire (Sept. 2006)