Did anyone on this list attend Anthology's recent (Mar 9) screening of Otto Muehl's "Materialaktionsfilme" (1970)?
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=03&year=2013#showing-40493 I'm curious about the contemporary reaction to that film. I don't know if it was ever officially banned, but we screened it at the EFC in Chicago in the late 80s, and I remember that night as being as close to a riot-at-a-film-screening as I'm likely to experience. The few remaining in the gallery after the mass exodus, triggered especially by the section involving the swan, were unlikely to be offended by anything that came later, e.g., pastries & enemas. Scott, I'm not sure what you're aiming for with your screening, especially "because eroticism is wholly dependent on the viewer's culture and personal tastes pertaining to what, exactly, defines the erotic"[1]. Warhol's "Blue Movie"[2] (RIP Louis Waldron)? Or "Couch"? Eric 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Movie On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Peter Mudie <peter.mu...@uwa.edu.au> wrote: > Aggy Read's BOOBS A LOT was banned in the '60s - Canyon should still have a > print. > Peter > (hoping not to bump into some airplane pieces when I go for a surf, Perth) > > From: Abigail Severance <bellec...@mac.com> > Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] banned films? > > A few years back the state of Michigan cut funds to the Ann Arbor FF, citing > a list of 'pornographic' films the festival had programmed. (Some of the > films had sex and some didn't.) AAFF fought it in court and won. I'm sure > there's a list of the films somewhere... > > More here: > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9015524 > http://www.indiewire.com/festival/ann_arbor_film_festival > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 6:43 AM, Scott Stark wrote: > > Hi friends, I'm looking for ideas for a "banned films" program for a local > (Austin) erotica-based film festival. Flaming Creatures is definitely top of > the list. Any ideas for other films that have been banned, censored or > otherwise disparaged for risque content? (experimental preferred) > > thanks, > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
