[Frameworks] Howard Guttenplan (April 6th, 1934 - February 23rd, 2015)

[RE X]

I really liked Howard a lot. He was strict, but would give you slack when
it mattered most. Nature doesn't make them like Howard anymore! Sad news,
Jay...sad news...

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:32 PM, William Wees, Dr. <william.wees at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> Sad news, indeed. Howard was one of those key people who keep things going
> in New York's domain of experimental/avant-garde film. In my mind's eye, I
> see us exchanging smiles of recognition as we stand in line for the next
> screening at "Views from the Avant-Garde."
>
> --Bill Wees
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com] On
> Behalf Of Jay Hudson
> Sent: March 4, 2015 3:58 PM
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List
> Subject: [Frameworks] Howard Guttenplan (April 6th, 1934 - February 23rd,
> 2015)
>
> Just this afternoon, I received the shocking and sad news that Howard
> Guttenplan, the long term director of the Millennium Film Workshop
> passed away February 23, 2015.  He was laid to rest at Calverton
> National Cemetery in Long Island.
>
> Howard was a complicated person.  Keeping an organization like
> Millennium going for so long was a solitary and difficult task.  The
> funeral home director told me that he felt that Howard wanted to go
> out alone, only accompanied by a close childhood friend.  That is so
> much the way that Howard was.
>
> When I was running the Millennium and working on the gargantuan task
> of sorting old materials, the complete history of Howard's tenure came
> before my eyes.  Virtually every experimental filmmaker of note came
> through the doors.  It is no accident that Stan Brakhage's New York
> premieres were at Millennium, or that Jack Smith spent countless hours
> watching film and editing with scotch tape.  Countless filmmakers were
> loyal to Howard.
>
> Despite the struggles that I had with him reforming the Millennium, he
> gave me a full set of the Journal as a token of appreciation.  He gave
> me my first solo show.  Even when he at his most pissed off at me, he
> always complimented my work.
>
> There was something very unique and special because of what Howard did
> and who he was.  Millennium is still thriving.  And from me
> personally, Howard's New York Diary changed me as a filmmaker.  I hope
> that his film and photographic work will be preserved and archived.
>
> Requiescat in pace.
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