Re: Warhol on video (authorized)

From: Mark Toscano (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Mar 03 2009 - 01:39:41 PST


And Greg, when the hell are you ever coming to LA??!?

JEEZus.

mt

--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Adam Hyman <email suppressed> wrote:

> From: Adam Hyman <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: [FRAMEWORKS] Warhol on video (authorized)
> To: email suppressed
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 6:53 PM
> Hi Greg,
>
> Will we see more any time soon?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
> On 3/2/09 2:41 PM, "Pierce, Greg"
> <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> > Record Straightening Now!
> >
> > I believe the first Warhol film ever released on
> video(tape) was
> > Lonesome Cowboys. It came out in the UK in the early
> 80's while Warhol
> > was still alive and as far as I know was only
> available in PAL.
> >
> > The second authorized (digital) video (disc) release
> of a Warhol film
> > was in 2006. Screen Test: Helmut was included on a
> compliation disc
> > entitled American Short Films put out by the UK's
> Cinema16. Other films
> > on that disc were Lawder's Necrology, Deren's
> Meshes of the Afternoon,
> > Van Sant's The Discipline of D.E.,
> Pennebaker's Daybreak Express plus
> > shorts by Lucas, Burton, Solondz and Payne. A fairly
> varied collection.
> >
> > #3. Treasures IV
> > #4. 13 Most Beautiful...
> >
> > Greg Pierce
> > Assistant Curator of Film and Video
> > The Andy Warhol Museum
> > Pittsburgh, Penna.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Experimental Film Discussion List
> > [mailto:email suppressed] On Behalf Of Mark
> Toscano
> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:08 AM
> > To: email suppressed
> > Subject: Re: New Andy Warhol Plexifilm Release
> available through
> > Microcinema International
> >
> > This is very exciting and amazing, but I still gotta
> give props (as they
> > say) to Jeff Lambert and the NFPF: the Treasures IV
> DVD set, coming out
> > this Tuesday 3/2/09, is ACTUALLY the first ever
> authorized DVD release
> > of a film by Andy Warhol (containing Mario Banana #1)!
> >
> > mt
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 2/26/09, Jay McBride
> <email suppressed> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Jay McBride <email suppressed>
> >> Subject: [FRAMEWORKS] New Andy Warhol Plexifilm
> Release available
> >> through Microcinema International
> >> To: email suppressed
> >> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 2:14 PM New
> Releases
> >>
> >>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> ~~~~~~
> >> ~~~~
> >>
> >> Prebook Date: NOW!
> >>
> >> Street Date: March 24, 2009
> >>
> >>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> ~~~~~~
> >> ~~~~
> >>
> >> 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's
> Screen Tests
> >>
> >> A Plexifilm Release Available at
> www.microcinemadvd.com
> >>
> >>
> ======================================================================
> >> ======
> >> ====
> >>
> >> $US 34.99 SRP/EDU
> >>
> >> European List Prices:
> >>
> >> 34.99 Euros / 24.99 GBP
> >>
> >> CATALOG # MC-976
> >>
> >> UPC: 082354004828
> >>
> >> Art / Artist
> >>
> >> 1964 - 1966
> >>
> >> 60 mins + 15 mins of extras
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The first ever authorized DVD release of films by
> Andy Warhol!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Released in conjunction with The Andy Warhol
> Museum, 13 Most
> >> Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen
> Tests features 13 of
> >> Warhol's classic silent film portraits.
> Subjects include Nico, Lou
> >> Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Dennis Hopper, and more. Shot
> between 1964 and
> >> 1966 at Warhol's
> >> Factory studio in New York City, the Screen Tests
> are presented with
> >> newly commissioned soundtracks performed by Dean
> Wareham and Britta
> >> Phillips.
> >> Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500
> Screen Tests,
> >> beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of
> different
> >> individuals, from the famous to the anonymous,
> all visitors to his
> >> studio, the Factory. Subjects were captured in
> stark relief by a
> >> strong keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his
> stationary 16mm Bolex
> >> camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls
> of film. The
> >> resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were
> then screened in slow
> >> motion, resulting in a fascinating collection of
> four minute
> >> masterpieces that startle and entrance,
> mesmerizing in the purest
> >> sense of the word.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Soundtrack & Performances:
> >>
> >> Songwriters Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips,
> formerly of the band
> >> Luna and currently recording as Dean & Britta,
> incorporated original
> >> compositions as well as cover songs to create new
> soundtracks for the
> >> 13 films.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Additional Features:
> >>
> >> The DVD is presented in a slipcovered hardbound
> package New transfers
> >> from Warhol's original 16mm negatives Behind
> the scenes making-of the
> >> new soundtrack and a video interview with Dean
> & Britta 40-page
> >> booklet with liner notes and biographies of the
> Screen Test subjects
> >>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> ~~~~~~
> >> ~~~~
> >>
> >> Microcinema International
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >> * Animation
> >>
> >> * Social/Political
> >>
> >> * Short film and video compilations by award
> winning directors
> >>
> >> * Ambient DVDs created for plasma TVs
> >>
> >> * Fashion, typography, and motion design
> >>
> >> * Family films
> >>
> >> * Much more!
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> +1-509-351-1530,
> >> email suppressed
> >>
> >> Billing in USD, GBP, or EUR
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Microcinema International
> >>
> >> 1636 Bush Street, Suite 2 San Francisco, CA,
> 94109, United States
> >>
> >> +1-415-447-9750 FAX +1-509-351-1530,
> email suppressed
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> __________________________________________________________________
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> >
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