[Frameworks] American avant-garde filmmakers and exploitation

Wed Dec 1 22:46:27 UTC 2021

Thank you, Francisco, Vorkapich is at the top of the list! I am reading
"Nice Guys Don't Work in Hollywood" right now and I'll watch this interview
soon. Thanks, again!

On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 4:51 PM Francisco Torres <fjtorrespr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Curtis Harrington interview about his horror films 1974
>
>
> https://archive.org/details/CinefantastiqueVol03No3Fall1974/page/n21/mode/2up
>
>
> El vie, 12 de nov. de 2021 a la(s) 18:19, Francisco Torres (
> fjtorrespr at gmail.com) escribió:
>
>> How about Slavko Vorkapich? He is credited with ''visual design'' in I
>> Bury the Living (1958) and created the 3D sequences of The Mask (1961).
>> Both films have become cult classics of the Psychotronic genre.
>>
>> El jue, 11 de nov. de 2021 a la(s) 17:51, Adam Hyman (
>> adam at lafilmforum.org) escribió:
>>
>>> Yes, talking about “Sister Midnight”
>>>
>>> I don’t know anyone else working on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/11/21, 11:18 AM, "Frameworks on behalf of jared ashburn" <
>>> frameworks-bounces at film-gallery.org on behalf of ashburn.jared at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you Tyler and Adam! Smith, Warhol, and the Kuchar brothers are
>>> central to all of this and I am definitely considering their work and
>>> influence on this overlap. Turnock's work (this article and her book) is a
>>> perfect template for what I am trying to do here, but, I cannot seem to
>>> find anyone else (aside from James and Arthur) researching this part of the
>>> history of avant-garde film. For Mays, you are talking about "Sister
>>> Midnight," right? Thanks, again!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:18 PM Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, and Peter Mays made an exploitation feature as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/9/21, 10:27 AM, "Frameworks on behalf of Fred Camper" <
>>> frameworks-bounces at film-gallery.org on behalf of f at fredcamper.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bette Gordon made her own feature film. It was low budget but I don't
>>> know if you are looking for that, or for filmmakers who worked for others?
>>> Larry Jordan made another, *The Apparition*, only 50 minutes according
>>> to IMDB, but it had that feature film, or TV-show, look. As best I can
>>> remember it was his own film. I definitely remember that it looked like it
>>> was trying to be a TV show or short feature. I love Jordan's best films,
>>> but on my one viewing of this one, it seemed to be not good at all, not
>>> even at what it was trying to do.
>>>
>>> Fred Camper
>>>
>>> Chicago
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/9/2021 11:30 AM, jared ashburn wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, wow, this is great! Thank you for your replies--this is quite a
>>> list. Does anyone know if this history has been written about? I thought of
>>> David E. James and Paul Arthur and I looked at the chapter, "Narrating Los
>>> Angeles: Art Films and Independent Features," in James' book on minor
>>> cinemas in LA. He accounts, indirectly, for the point that David Sherman
>>> has made here by discussing exploitation films that exploited the
>>> counterculture and appropriated some styles, concepts, and techniques found
>>> in the New American Cinema and European art cinema. The chapter is useful
>>> for my research but I am looking for other articles that might address the
>>> history of this overlap more explicitly. If you think of something, I am
>>> all ears. Thank you, again, I am most appreciative. -JA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> List of American Avant-Garde filmmakers who also worked on low-budget, B
>>> and exploitation feature films in the 1960s and 70s:
>>>
>>> *Pat O'Neil *
>>>
>>> *Curtis Harrington*
>>>
>>> *Nathaniel Dorsky*
>>>
>>> *Morgan Fisher*
>>>
>>> *Jerry Abrams*
>>>
>>> *Peggy Ahwesh*
>>>
>>> *Jerome Hiler*
>>>
>>> *Betzy Bromberg*
>>>
>>> *Hy Hirsh*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 10:23 PM Marc Couroux <couroux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes! Fisher mentions Messiah of Evil, and shows a frame of it in
>>> Standard Gauge.
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 5:01 PM Steve Polta <steve.polta at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Off the top of my head:
>>>
>>> 1) Nathaniel Dorsky: *Revenge of the Cheerleaders* (1976)—he was either
>>> director, co-writer, cinematographer or some combination, depending on whom
>>> you ask.
>>>
>>> 2) I've heard that Morgan Fisher was editor on *Messiah of Evil* (1973)
>>> although he is not credited (he appears as an actor as well).
>>>
>>> 3) Bay Area '60s filmmaker (who also did light shows) Jerry Abrams
>>> directed an exploitation doc on Bay Area porn culture of the '70s; I can't
>>> recall the title.
>>>
>>> 4) Peggy Ahwesh worked on-set on some George Romero films but I don't
>>> know the titles.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are surely lots more…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:19 PM jared ashburn <ashburn.jared at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of any American avant-garde filmmakers who also worked
>>> on low-budget features, B or exploitation films in the late 60s and 70s?
>>> This could be in any area of production or post-production...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Jared
>>>
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