From: Jeff Daniel Silva (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Apr 16 2009 - 05:26:58 PDT
Hi Mark,
This is great news. I look forward to brining them both to Boston.
I am also curious, is there a photograph or scan of Gary's Venice
pier drawing? I would love to see that.
Jeff
Jeff Daniel Silva
Filmmaker : Professor : Curator
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On Apr 16, 2009, at 3:19 AM, Mark Toscano wrote:
> Howdy folks -
>
> Just wanted to let everyone here know that two of Gary Beydler's
> incredible films (Pasadena Freeway Stills and Venice Pier) are now
> available for rental from Canyon Cinema in new prints from the
> recent restorations we did at the Academy. Colorlab in Maryland
> did an excellent job on both of these, and they look great:
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> http://www.canyoncinema.com/new_releases.html#Beydler
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> I'm predicting we'll have the rest of Gary's very modest
> filmography restored within a year or so, and Gary is planning to
> make new prints for Canyon of each one as they're finished.
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> Next up for restoration work will probably be Mirror and Hand Held
> Day (both 1974), probably by the end of this year. After that,
> there'll be Los Ojos (1974) and Glass Face (1975), and possibly
> some early Super 8 sketch pieces, if Gary feels like they should go
> into distribution.
>
> Any questions, shoot 'em my way!
>
> And personally, I would really recommend the bold among you to
> please take a chance on Venice Pier, even though it's one of Gary's
> lesser-known films. It's quite moving and I can't imagine you'll
> be disappointed. It really needs to get out there and be seen, so
> give it a shot!
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Mark T
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