I had the pleasure of meeting Andrew many years ago at a film exhibition where we both showed work. This is sad indeed, I enjoyed his work very much and we had some great conversations.
Dominic Angerame On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:47 AM, Chuck Kleinhans <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 26, 2015, at 1:24 AM, Steve Polta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Noren was indeed considered an expert on 20th Century news footage > and certainly knew his way around an archive. There is also a story however > of him dropping by Anthology Film Archives, sometime well into the 21st > century I think, to inspect his films—which were permanently archived > there—and, when the archivist was out of the room, physically removing > specific shots with scissors and pocketing this material. Noren's early > films (mid-'60s–mid-'70s, roughly)—the making of which were the direct > inspiration for the film *David Holzman's Diary*—were attempts to > document "every aspect" of the filmmaker's life, which, in his case, meant > that they documented Noren's quite active sex life. I don't know the > reason—his own privacy or his partners' perhaps?—but it was these scenes > that Noren reportedly liberated. Good story and yes I believe it's true... > > Steve Polta > > > > Interesting story: tape or cement splices? > > I do remember one woman filmmaker active in that era describing Noren's > early autobiographical films as “a long list of all the women that he’s > f****d.” > > Chuck Kleinhans > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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