
Anybody’s Woman by Bette Gordon (1981). Starring Nancy Reilly and Spalding Gray. In the 1970s, filmmaker Bette Gordon was associated with the Structuralist style of experimental filmmaking.
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Anybody’s Woman by Bette Gordon (1981). Starring Nancy Reilly and Spalding Gray. In the 1970s, filmmaker Bette Gordon was associated with the Structuralist style of experimental filmmaking.
Watch This FilmThe Last Time I Saw Ron by Leslie Thornton (1994). The “Ron” of The Last Time I Saw Ron is late actor Ron Vawter who passed away in 1994.
Watch This FilmSpectral Ascension by Paul Clipson (2017). This film is a collaboration with experimental musician Byron Westbrook. It was filmed in 16mm with title and end credits added digitally.
Watch This FilmAnd Sometimes the Boats Are Low by Leighton Pierce (1983). As of this writing, there does not appear to be much written about this particular film by Pierce, even though there is quite a bit written about his work in general, particularly by film historian Scott MacDonald.
Watch This FilmShe Had Her Gun All Ready By Vivienne Dick (1978). This is the second film by Vivienne Dick and the first one that included a plot and actresses playing roles.
Watch This FilmHappy Birthday to Jonas Mekas! Who turns 95 today! From humble beginnings in a small Lithuanian town, to escaping the Nazis, to arriving in New York City in 1948 to become a champion of the cinema!
Watch This FilmRemedial Reading Comprehension by George Landow (1971). Although P. Adams Sitney’s Visionary Film gives a completion year of the film of 1971, an on-screen copyright notice gives the year as 1970.
Watch This FilmBreathdeath by Stan Vanderbeek (1963). At the EXPRMNTL 3 film competition at Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium in 1963, Breathdeath tied for 2nd place with Gregory Markopoulos’s Twice a Man.
Watch This FilmAndy Warhol by Marie Menken. Competed 1965. Marie Menken made several films inspired by and starring artists she knew, such as Visual Variations on Noguchi (1945) and Arabesque for Kenneth Anger (1961).
Watch This FilmJammin’ the Blues by Gjon Mili. Completed in 1944. Gjon Mili is primarily known for his work as a photographer, particularly his portraits and experimental use of strobe lighting, much of which appeared in Life magazine.
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