Underground Film Guide » 1961 http://www.ufilmguide.com A Film Guide to the Strange, Unusual and Controversial Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:39:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Blazes http://www.ufilmguide.com/332/blazes/ http://www.ufilmguide.com/332/blazes/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:25:34 +0000 Mike Everleth http://www.ufilmguide.com/?p=332

Director: Robert Breer

Starring: Not Applicable

Year: 1961

Runtime: 3 mins.

Synopsis: 100 basic images switching positions for four thousand frames. A continuous explosion. (courtesy of Canyon Cinema)

DVD: None

Official Website: None

Underground Film Timeline: 1960 — 1969

Reviews: None

Video: None

]]> http://www.ufilmguide.com/332/blazes/feed/ 1 Guns of the Trees http://www.ufilmguide.com/5/guns-of-the-trees/ http://www.ufilmguide.com/5/guns-of-the-trees/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:12:12 +0000 Mike Everleth http://www.ufilmguide.com/?p=5 Guns of the Trees

Director: Jonas Mekas

Starring: Adolfas Mekas, Frances Stillman, Ben Carruthers, Argus Spear Juillard, Frank Kuenstler, Louis Brigante, Allen Ginsberg (narrator)

Year: 1961

Runtime: 75 mins.

Synopsis: A depressed woman, Barbara (Frances Stillman), is on the verge of suicide while a man (Adolfas Mekas) she meets in a church and a married couple (Ben Carruthers, Argus Spear Juillard) try to convince her that life is worth living.

DVD: Not Available. Print available for rental from the Film-makers’ Cooperative.

Official Website: None

Underground Film Timeline: 1960 — 1969

Video: None

Reviews: Roger Ebert
New York Times (Eugene Archer) (registration req’d)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

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