Theory of Obscurity

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Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

THEORY OF OBSCURITY tells the story of the iconic renegade cult band The Residents. From the group’s formation in Shreveport to their success in the burgeoning San Francisco avant-garde music scene of the 60s and 70s, The Residents redefined what a rock band could be. With the advent of music videos in the 1980s, these masked musicians gained global fame as MTV darlings and serious art world figures.

• Region A Blu-ray
• The Residents first ever live performance
• Outtakes from The Residents underground epic film Vileness Fats
• The Residents classic short films: Third Reich and Roll, Hello Skinny, One Minute Movies
• New short film for the song "Mellon Collie Lassie"
  
• Freak Show animation
• The Residents found footage internet experiment The Walking Woman
• The Resdents Ultimate Box Set #1 short film
• 11 extended interviews