[Frameworks] American avant-garde filmmakers and exploitation

Wed Dec 1 23:02:17 UTC 2021

Vorkapich is so underrated.... Sad. Harrington made a TV movie in the 70s
titled The Dead Dont Die that must be one of the weirdest things ever paid
for by a major network. Worth checking out.

El mié, 1 de dic. de 2021 a la(s) 18:48, jared ashburn (
ashburn.jared at gmail.com) escribió:

> 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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