[Frameworks] American avant-garde filmmakers and exploitation

[jared ashburn]

Excellent! Thank you, John. -JA

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 11:41 AM John Sundholm <john.sundholm at ims.su.se>
wrote:

> One more: Carl Linder
>
>
> 9 nov. 2021 kl. 18:31 skrev jared ashburn <ashburn.jared at gmail.com>:
>
> 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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