If you need a copy of the first two Dumont films, I could send them to you. 

I may take you up on that one day A though I'm surprised that they haven't had dvd releases here.

I saw the films several years ago and I'm sure I wrote some notes on them during the first incarnation of this site. I also have Twentynine Palms on dvd but haven't found the inclination to watch it again.

Re: Hope, Hope ll, similar yet stylistically so different, I love the way he experimented so much with his techniques to produce such a diverse range of finishes. Isn't it strange that so many paintings from this period, Klimt, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc were once condemned and considered controversial yet now adorn almost everything from chocolate boxes to handbags and casual clothing.

B.t.w. hasn't John Malkovich played another artist during his career? 

Cheers Trev.