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N.p.: N.p., 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 short film, one matte-finish and showing director Stephen Dwoskin, the other glossy and showing frequent Dwoskin collaborator Beatrice Cordua. One with Dwoskin's stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping on the verso, and the other with annotations in manuscript ink regarding provenance. Dwoskin was an… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage portrait photograph of influential experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, circa 1980s. Manuscript label affixed to the verso, crediting photographer Fred Bonnett. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine.

San Francisco: Studio 4, 1989. Vintage flyer for the 1989 film festival. The festival featured screenings of films by experimental filmmakers Phillip Guilbeau and Danny Plotnick, Michael Conner, Jim Sikora, Julie Murray, Chris Simons, Jim Van Bebber, "and other surprises," on Friday November 10, 1989, at Studio 4, located at 2702 18th Street in San Francisco. … Read more about this item

New York: Bleecker Street Cinema, 1981. Vintage flyer for the 1981 film, produced to promote screenings at the James Agee Room of the Bleecker Street Cinema. An early feature by independent filmmaker Adam Brooks, photographed by Jonathan Demme and shot entirely on super-8. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus, slightly age toned with light foxing… Read more about this item

San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1994. Vintage flyer for a fundraiser evening held at the San Francisco Art Institute on Friday December 9, 1994. Underground film director and video artist George Kuchar was known for his "low-fi" and DIY aesthetic, and was a decisive influence on No Wave Cinema, as well as artists and filmmakers such as… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Artists' Television Access, 1994. Vintage flyer for a screening of nine industrial and experimental films at the Artists' Television Access (ATA) Gallery, Saturday December 10, 1994-grouped under the conceptual title, "Theatre of Cruelty." The nine films screened at the event were: "Glimpses of Soviet Science" (1942), produced by Moscow Techfilm Studios "This is Cybernetics" (1975?),… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Kennel Club, 1989. Vintage "Kennel Club Experimental Film Festival" one-color flyer, San Francisco, for Wednesday, September 13, 1989, "featuring 2 films by: Tom Palazzolo / As well as those wacky contributions by local & regional filmmaker freaks, including films by the following people: Julie Murray, Mark Street, Thomas Hollier-Larousse, Steve Jensen, David Dickerson, and maybe Marc… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1971 short film. Typed label snipes affixed to the verso and bottom margin of the recto, along with an annotation in manuscript ink. An early short film by noted independent director Mark Rappaport, an experimental dissection of the concept of a "blue" movie. 10 x 8… Read more about this item

New York: The Group for Film Study, 1954. Vintage bound gathering of four programs published in conjunction with four film screenings held by The Group for Film Study (GFS) between December 27, 1953, and February 21, 1954. Films represented in the programs include "On the Edge" (1949, Curtis Harrington), "Le Bijou" (1950, Francis Lee), "Etoile de mer"… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Artists' Television Access, 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film, "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos," with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "CREEP," as well as films by Mark Street, Phillip R. Ford, Phillip Guilbeau, Laura Rosow, Jim Sikora, and Dana Mendelssohn, at the Artists' Television Access (ATA), Saturday, February… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage double-weight oversize photograph of directors Donald Cammell, Dennis Hopper, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Kenneth Anger at a press shoot arranged by Anger in 1970. Annotations on the verso in the hand of photographer Myriam Gibril, identifying subjects. A remarkable group photograph of four seminal counterculture figures at the height of their powers. In the hopes… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1974 avant-garde film. Two photographs with snipes affixed to the versos, and one with annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping. Noted independent director Mark Rappaport's first feature length film, shot in pieces over a year and a half. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 7… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 short film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception, disability, and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966, and the film collective Spectre in 1980. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 experimental film, showing actress Verity Bargate. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping. Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception, disability, and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966, and the film… Read more about this item

New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, 1966. Original film program for the 1966 screening of six Kenneth Anger films, being shown on the Spring Equinox (March 21, 1966). Screened at Jonas Mekas' Filmmaker's Cinematheque cooperative theater, then located at 125 West 41st Street in New York. Films at the screening included "Kustom Kar Kommandos," "Fireworks," "Scorpio Rising," "Eaux d'artifice,"… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 short film, one showing director Stephen Dwoskin, the other showing actress and frequent Dwoskin collaborator Beatrice Cordua. Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception, disability, and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966, and the film… Read more about this item

New York: Continental Distributing, 1968. Vintage press kit for the 1968 British film. White pocketed folder, containing 20 black and white photographs, and 13 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1966 experimental play "US" by Dennis Cannan. A group of British metropolitan inhabitants react to the Vietnam War, interwoven with newsreel footage and satirical skits.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film. One with a printed snipe label affixed to the bottom edge of the recto. Noted independent director Mark Rappaport's first feature, an experimental film shot in pieces over eighteen months in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1970 Danish film. Based on the 1956 novel by Henry Miller, about two womanizing men-one American, one European-who share an apartment in Paris. Filmed in Paris at the same time as another Henry Miller adaptation, "Tropic of Cancer," directed by Joseph Strick and starring Rip Torn and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1998. Four vintage color reference photographs from the 1998 film. Printed label of photographer Lars Høgsted on the versos, and three with a provenance label. The first Dogme 95 film, a dark comedy about a troubled family gathering to celebrate their father's sixtieth birthday. Shot on location at Skjoldenæsholm Castle in Ringsted, Denmark.… Read more about this item