[Frameworks] Anthony McCall's films

Thu Sep 13 15:32:59 UTC 2018

hello,

if you dont find anyone who would like to take them,

why don't you contact jonas mekas !

at

library & film archive

2nd AV / 2nd Street

in new york !

it sounds great that place !

in one of those videos he talks about it !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp45TUeo9iQ
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.XWnBBg_NwDM9ZMpQUesVrwEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp45TUeo9iQ>

Jonas Mekas:9 answers in 90 seconds(5)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp45TUeo9iQ>
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Jonas Mekas:9 answers in 90 seconds(5)

greets,
lea,

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Cool research report and photos! Very interesting. Thank you.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:32 AM, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com<mailto:erictheise at gmail.com>> wrote:
Continuing along Jonathan's line of inquiry, courtesy BAMPFA's Film Library and Study Center. I know McCall's Line Describing a Cone is from 1973 but I'm not familiar with the dates in the rest of his filmography so here's the full dump.

Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number One (1966): no McCall.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Two (1969): no McCall.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Two Supplement Number One (1969): no McCall.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Two Supplement Number Two (1970): no McCall.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Two Supplement Number Three (1970): no McCall. Curt McDowell makes a first appearance with A Visit to Indiana (1970).
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Three (1972): no McCall.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Three Supplement (1973): no McCall.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative Catalogue Number Three Supplement Number Two (1974): no McCall.
Combined with my previous email, the only McCall work available in Canyon catalogs #4-#8 was Light Describing a Cone.

Film-Makers' Cooperative Catalogue #4 (1967): no McCall. Lots of Markopoulos though!
Film-Makers' Cooperative Catalogue #5 (1971): no McCall.
Film-Makers' Cooperative Catalogue #6 (1975): no McCall.

Light Cone Additif Avril 1991: no McCall.
Light Cone Catalogue (Mars 1994): no McCall.
Light Cone Catalogue 1997: Line Describing a Cone only. 250F.
Light Cone Catalogue 2001: Line Describing a Cone only. 55 €.

LUX catalogs were not available on my visit today.

A few bonus publications:
Filmmakers Co-Operatives Catalogue of Independent Film (1975/76) & Supplement (January 1977). These are Australian publications representing co-ops in Brisbane, Perth, Hobart, Sydney, Melbourne, plus the South Australia Media Resources Centre (Adelaide). But no McCall.

Film Programmer's Guide to 16mm Rentals, Third Edition (1980). Edited by Kathleen Weaver, Associate Editor Richard Prelinger, Consulting Editor Linda J. Artel. Lists Line Describing a Cone as available from CAN (Canyon) for $40. I'm realizing now that I didn't check the other titles in that book. Will circle back and check, sorry.

As an aside, I completely forgot about that book. Seeing the cover (below) transported me back to John Schofill's kitchen table in Chicago, mid-80s, making lists of films to show at Randolph St Gallery. Also forgot to mention it to Rick Prelinger who chatted with Kelly Sears about her work after tonight's screening at BAMPFA.

Also below:  I don't recall seeing those Lenny Lipton designs before.

Eric

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On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 9:06 AM Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com<mailto:erictheise at gmail.com>> wrote:
Canyon #4 (1976), #5 (1982), #6 (1988), #7 (1992), #8 (2000): Light Describing a Cone is the only work available. I've also checked the supplements from 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995.

McCall is not even in the Film-makers' Coop catalog #7 (1989).

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 7:58 AM Ken Eisenstein <ken7eis at gmail.com<mailto:ken7eis at gmail.com>> wrote:
I have the following hard copies of Canyon:

#4-1976
#7-1992
no no.-2000

plus
Supplements from 93,94,95

and can check through them later today

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Jonathan Walley <walleyj at denison.edu<mailto:walleyj at denison.edu>> wrote:
Hello Frameworkers,

I know you all have better things to do, but if anyone has 1) a spare moment or two, and 2) old print copies of Canyon Cinema or Filmmakers’ Co-op catalogs, I have a question.

Currently, only two of Anthony McCall’s solid light films are available for rental from Co-ops: Line Describing a Cone and Conical Solid (this includes Canyon, FMC, Light Cone, and LUX). I believe I recall that Cone of Variable Volume and Partial Cone were once available from at least some of these co-ops (not sure about Long Film for Four Projectors, but I’ll throw that into the mix, too).

Can anyone confirm? This means going rather far back, as I assume that the availability of these films changed after “Into the Light” and McCall’s new cycle of solid light films, circa 2001/2/3.

Back when you could event rent a Yellow Movie, at least from FMC. Ah, the days before moving image art.

Thanks in advance for any info, ideas, suggestions.
All best,
Jonathan

Dr. Jonathan Walley
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Cinema
Denison University

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