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The Chain Tape Collective announces the downloadable pre-release of Caligari: An Exquiste Corpse. The project includes some stunning music from 11 different collective members, comprising two complete and brand new soundtracks for the German Expressionist classic 'The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari'. The film was scored using an Exquisite Corpse process. Each of the 11 contributors scored an act of the film in isolation from all of the others, with only the visual continuity of the film serving as a unifying factor. Musical styles range from early 20th-century chamber music to electronica to out-jazz to lo-fi to noise. Visually, the film has been restored to the six act structure of the original scenario, tinted, and new inter-titles after the style of the German originals have been added. The DVD is in the final stages of mastering, and will be available in limited quantities from project participants only, for those who like some artifact with their art. Anticipated DVD release date is September 1. A downloadable DVD-quality version is available now from archive.org. This version contains both soundtracks in a single file, and requires either QuickTime Pro or VLC. Here's the link: http://www.archive.org/details/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse Windows media player users can download compatible versions here: http://www.archive.org/download/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse_Windows Choose the Cinepak option from the download section for best Windows Media Player compatibility. There are two downloads, one for each soundtrack. Mac users with standard QuickTime or iTunes players have versions here: http://www.archive.org/download/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse_QuickTime Choose the QuickTime option from the download section for best compatibility. There are two downloads, one for each soundtrack. Don't bother with any of the archive.org streaming options -- they don't work very well! Right-click or option-click the links and save to your local hard drive before viewing. And, as always, any reviews submitted to archive.org will be greatly appreciated! http://www.ct-collective.com -- http://robertswitzer.org