[Frameworks] John Writer

[Steve Polta]

Timoleon Wilkins definitely knew John Writer. When that screening I described was over and everyone just was all tense and exhaling, Tim broke the tension (sort of) by standing, silently shaking John's hand and exiting the room (for a cigarette I think——he came back in a minute).

Steve Polta

--- On Fri, 6/4/10, Mark Toscano <fiddybop at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Toscano <fiddybop at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] John Writer
> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 5:36 PM
> Hmm, I've been wondering about John
> Writer a bit.  I've never seen anything, but when
> Brakhage's internegatives came to the Academy from MoMA in
> about 2005-06, one of Writer's internegs was in there. 
> Most likely, Western Cine labs had sent it by mistake to
> MoMA back in 2002.  It's a film called HADES
> TRINITY.  Can't help but think of THE DANTE QUARTET, of
> course.  
> 
> I think at the time, maybe Timoleon Wilkins told me he had
> known John, but I don't remember what he said.  I just
> inventoried the interneg into our collection, so if someone
> knows John, he might like to know we have it and perhaps
> want it back.
> 
> Steve P - your description of that screening is
> fascinating.  I wonder if he makes films anymore.
> 
> Mark Toscano
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> --- On Fri, 6/4/10, gregg biermann <mubbazoo at optonline.net>
> wrote:
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> From: gregg biermann <mubbazoo at optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] John Writer
> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:49 AM
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> Jacob,
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> I have a dim memory of him at SFAI in 1992 or 1993. A tall,
> bearded
> fellow with a floppy brimmed hat and sandals. He thoroughly
> thrashed me
> at chess without much effort. His one film that I recall
> was called
> something like 'I -- Venus, Dog of this Light". Reminded me
> of
> Brakhage's Arabics, Roman Numerals, Egyptians, etc. It was
> soft-focus,
> abstracted if not totally abstract and delicate. Some of
> the graduate
> students (harshly but affectionately) dubbed him "Stan the
> younger".
> 
> G
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> Jacob W. wrote:
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> I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out
> with any
> information about John Writer (who he is, about his films,
> anything
> really)?  Brakhage mentions him in the interview with
> Suranjan Ganguly,
> but so far I've come up empty-handed.  Thanks.
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> Jacob
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