1966

The Secret of Wendel Samson

The Secret of Wendel Samson

Director: Mike Kuchar
Year: 1966
Synopsis: Shy Pop artist Wendel Samson (played by real Pop artist Red Grooms) can't work up the nerve to break up with his boyfriend, so he has anonymous trysts with other men. Meanwhile, when his female friend Margaret pressures him into an intimate relationship, it sends Wendel spiraling into a nightmare world where he's violently punished for his sexuality.

Unsere Afrikareise

Unsere Afrikareise

Director: Peter Kubelka
Year: 1966
"Unsere Afrikareise is about the richest, most articulate, and most compressed film I have ever seen. I have seen it four times and I am going to see it many, many times more, and the more I see it, the more I see in it." - Jonas Mekas (courtesy of Canyon Cinema)

Hold Me While I’m Naked

Hold Me While I’m Naked

Director: George Kuchar
Year: 1966
"A very direct and subtle, very sad and funny look at nothing more or less than sexual frustration and aloneness. In its economy and cogency of imaging, Hold Me surpasses any of Kuchar's previous work." - Ken Kelman (courtesy of Canyon Cinema)

Chelsea Girls

Chelsea Girls

Director: Andy Warhol
Year: 1966
Synopsis: The Chelsea Girls, made up of 12 half-hour episodes, is the first of Warhol's experimental movies to become a critical and commercial success and to have broken through the confines of New York's underground world. (from RaroVideo)