[Frameworks] American avant-garde filmmakers and exploitation

[jared ashburn]

OK, thanks, Adam.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 3:51 PM Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:

> Yes, talking about “Sister Midnight”
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> I don’t know anyone else working on it.
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> 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:
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> 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!
>
>
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> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:18 PM Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:
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> Oh, and Peter Mays made an exploitation feature as well.
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> Best,
>
> Adam
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> 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:
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> 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
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> On 11/9/2021 11:30 AM, jared ashburn wrote:
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> 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:
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> *Pat O'Neil *
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> *Curtis Harrington*
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> *Nathaniel Dorsky*
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> *Morgan Fisher*
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> *Jerry Abrams*
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> *Peggy Ahwesh*
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> *Jerome Hiler*
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> *Betzy Bromberg*
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> *Hy Hirsh*
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> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 10:23 PM Marc Couroux <couroux at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes! Fisher mentions Messiah of Evil, and shows a frame of it in Standard
> Gauge.
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> M
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> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 5:01 PM Steve Polta <steve.polta at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Off the top of my head:
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> 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.
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> 4) Peggy Ahwesh worked on-set on some George Romero films but I don't know
> the titles.
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>
>
> There are surely lots more…
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>
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> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:19 PM jared ashburn <ashburn.jared at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> 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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