It was an Eclair NPR. Sweeney Films. (Long story.) Jeff Kreines Kinetta [email protected] kinetta.com
> On Dec 29, 2015, at 8:17 PM, David Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember the great photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon > saying he shared a film camera with Robert Frank. > If it was a Bolex they held in common, > then Lyon as raconteur ( as well as in oeuvre) > would be one of the few who might rival Robert Frank. > >> On Dec 29, 2015, at 7:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Dear Frameworkers, >> >> For nearly five years, I have been working on a documentary about the swiss >> precision industry that produced the Bolex’s, Kern lenses and the Nagra. I >> have already met over 30 former employee of theses companies as well as >> filmmakers. >> >> You can watch a trailer featuring Otello Diotallevi who is the last Bolex >> employee by clicking the link below: >> >> https://vimeo.com/150185992 >> >> I am trying to find people that used to visit the Paillard Showroom at 265 >> Madison Avenue in New-York.They were also located in 100 Avenue of the >> America and later in Linden, New-Jersey. If any of you have some stories >> about it, I would be very interested to hear it (Images Below). I will >> probably be in New-York in January. >> >> I am also copying an article from the Bolex Reporter entitled « The New >> American Cinema Group ».The article was written in 1966 by Fred W. Mc >> Darrah. I was very surprised to see Robert Frank in the article, I always >> thought he was filming with an arriflex at least from the film « Pull my >> daisy ». If I remember correctly, Robert Beavers the partner of Gregory >> Markopoulos told me that Paillard lent some cameras to the filmmakers in >> exchange of the article. Some of them never came back. >> >> If any of you could help me contact Mr Mekas I would appreciate it very >> much, I have been trying to contact him for three years without success. >> >> There is a film on the inventor of the first Bolex's ( >> http://www.jacquesbolseyproject.com/index.html ) that should be released >> next year and a book was released in French two years ago ( >> http://www.editions-thiele.com/ ). Lots of interesting things about the >> Bolex history will be released in a near future. >> >> Feel free to contact me if you have any interesting stories about the Bolex. >> >> Happy filmmaking! >> Alexandre Favre >> >> <bolex_reporter_1966_16.pdf> >> >> <madison_avenue_a.jpg> >> >> <madison_avenue_b.jpg> >> >> <madison_avenue_c.jpg> >> >> <avenue_america_a.jpg>_______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
