So sad to hear this. As an intimidated graduate student at my first VisEv conference, Chuck (whom I had never met) came up after what I thought was a pretty shaky talk with a smile, a hearty chuckle, and excitable encouragement. This was most unexpected. I spoke with him a couple times over that weekend and it lead to writing for Jump Cut, my first publication. He emailed me a few times over the years to check in, to pass along articles of interest, and make sure I was doing well. It helped me out more than he knew during difficult times. I will always feel such gratitude to him and his kind, warm-hearted, gracious, generous nature. My deepest sympathies. james
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:00 AM, <frameworks-requ...@jonasmekasfilms.com> wrote: > Send FrameWorks mailing list submissions to > frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > frameworks-requ...@jonasmekasfilms.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > frameworks-ow...@jonasmekasfilms.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FrameWorks digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Sad News--Chuck Kleinhans (Green, Ron Green) > 2. Re: Sad News--Chuck Kleinhans (Jonathan Walley) > 3. Re: Sad News--Chuck Kleinhans (Richard Herskowitz) > 4. Re: Sad news (Dominic Angerame) > 5. Steenbeck ST928 - polygon prism seized (Jean-Pierre Marchant) > 6. Re: Sad news (Fred Camper) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Green, Ron Green" <green...@osu.edu> > To: "frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com" <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:13:29 +0000 > Subject: [Frameworks] Sad News--Chuck Kleinhans > I am so sorry to hear this. Chuck was a constant, happy, generous, > welcoming, open-minded, open-hearted, brave and funny pioneer of our field. > He helped break new trails for our generation in left-cinema studies, sex > studies, women's studies, black studies, and many other areas, including > early academic film studies. Jump Cut is one huge, representative monument > to Chuck's contributions, the most inclusive journal we have, a broad and > deep, long-take of that field. This is a painful loss. > > > Ron Green > 356 W 7th Ave > Columbus OH 43201 > 614.421.2131 > > > J. Ronald Green > Professor Emeritus of Film Studies > Department of History of Art > The Ohio State University > > ________________________________________ > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jonathan Walley <wall...@denison.edu> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:30:38 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Sad News--Chuck Kleinhans > Chuck’s last email to Frameworks (if my email’s memory is accurate), on > the subject “asking for a friend:” > > — > I thought Green Eggs and Ham was better. > > You seem to see some connection between warning the soldiers of an > occupying army not to fraternize with the locals and sexual harassment of > filmmakers? Or are filmmakers the harassers? > — > > As always with Chuck, a combination of fun and warmth, even a little > silliness, irreverent humor (and irreverence in general), and sharp > thinking. When I met him a few years back at a conference, I found him much > the same in person. I knew whenever I saw his name in my email inbox I was > in for a good read, however brief. I’m sad that there won’t be any more. > > Jonathan > > Dr. Jonathan Walley > Associate Professor and Chair > Department of Cinema > Denison University > wall...@denison.edu > > > On Dec 16, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Green, Ron Green <green...@osu.edu> wrote: > > > > I am so sorry to hear this. Chuck was a constant, happy, generous, > welcoming, open-minded, open-hearted, brave and funny pioneer of our field. > He helped break new trails for our generation in left-cinema studies, sex > studies, women's studies, black studies, and many other areas, including > early academic film studies. Jump Cut is one huge, representative monument > to Chuck's contributions, the most inclusive journal we have, a broad and > deep, long-take of that field. This is a painful loss. > > > > > > Ron Green > > 356 W 7th Ave > > Columbus OH 43201 > > 614.421.2131 > > > > > > J. Ronald Green > > Professor Emeritus of Film Studies > > Department of History of Art > > The Ohio State University > > > > ________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > FrameWorks mailing list > > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Herskowitz <rhe...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 08:25:00 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Sad News--Chuck Kleinhans > The article by Chuck Kleinhans in Jump Cut 4 called “Reading and Thinking > About the Avant-Garde” blew and freed my mind in 1975. I had recently > graduated from “Binghamton Babylon” and was still under the spell of Ken > Jacobs, and had just signed up to be a TA and assistant to Amos Vogel at U > of Penn. I read Sitney’s “Visionary Film” the week it came out. Chuck’s > article helped me start building a critical perspective on the avant-garde > and its champions, and a bridge between my left politics and avant-garde > taste, and validated and cemented my love of avant-garde film. > > I just re-read it this morning and you can too: https://www.ejumpcut.org/ > archive/onlinessays/JC06folder/AvantGdeReading.html. It’s part of the > e-jumpcut gold mine that Chuck and Julia Lesage have left us. > > In 2008, I moved to Eugene, and became good friends with Chuck and Julia. > I programmed occasional experimental film shows here at the Jordan > Schnitzer Museum of Art, and still do, but have found it difficult to build > an audience. Yet Chuck and Julia always showed up, and sat in the first > row! And now he’s gone. What a loss, in this terrible year. At least he > went out after Roy Moore went down, at a moment of faint hope. > > Richard > > --- > Richard Herskowitz > *Artistic and Executive Director, *Ashland Independent Film Festival > <http://www.ashlandfilm.org/> April 12-16, 2018 > *Artistic Director, *Houston Cinema Arts Festival > <http://houstoncinemaartsfestival.org/> Nov. 9-13, 2017 > Curator of Media Arts, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art > <http://jsma.uoregon.edu> > 541-729-4516 <(541)%20729-4516> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dominic Angerame <dominic.anger...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 15:48:02 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Sad news > It's sad. I did meet Chuck at Northwestern when I lived in Chicago. I > believe is was about 1972-3. Sorry to hear this as well. > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Eric Theise <ericthe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes, sad, hard to believe news. I, too, will miss his participation here. >> >> It's odd, I don't recall ever having met him even though I did my >> graduate work at Northwestern (engineering was towards the north end of the >> campus, radio/tv/film towards the south) and spent ~10 years of my life >> attending experimental film happenings around Chicago. >> >> I am in touch with some of his former students and will contact them over >> the weekend. >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Ronald E. Gregg <rg3...@columbia.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Joan and Friends, >>> >>> I've also been sad all day. He was a wonderful mentor and changed my >>> life. I will miss seeing his posts here on Frameworks. >>> >>> Love to Julia. >>> >>> Ron Gregg >>> Columbia U >>> NY, NY >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Joan Hawkins <jchaw...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> I am very sorry to report that Chuck Kleinhans died Weds night or early >>>> Thursday morning of a heart attack. I got an email from Julia this >>>> morning— ironically while I was >>>> in the moving image archive trying to arrange a screening for a film >>>> that Julia had wanted to show here in Feb. I pulled out my phone to check >>>> the running time >>>> and up came a message from her titled “sad news.” >>>> >>>> >>>> Julia's email address is jles...@uoregon.edu. >>>> >>>> I'm sorry this is truncated and weirdly brief. I've been crying all >>>> day-- he was a wonderful man and this is just a terrible loss. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joan Hawkins >>>> Associate Professor >>>> Indiana University >>>> Dept of Communication and Culture >>>> 800 E. Third St >>>> Bloomington, IN 47405 >>>> >>>> office phone 812-855-1548 <(812)%20855-1548> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> FrameWorks mailing list >>>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ron Gregg >>> Film and Media Studies >>> School of the Arts >>> Columbia University >>> 513 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway >>> New York, NY 10027 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jean-Pierre Marchant <jeanpierremarch...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 20:39:04 -0700 > Subject: [Frameworks] Steenbeck ST928 - polygon prism seized > Hello all, > > I have an 8 plate Steenbeck in my home studio which has 2 screens. Overall > it works ok but it's got one big problem: the left hand polygon lens does > not want to turn at all. The right polygon lens works fine. I would like to > get the left one to work so that I can run a picture film through it with > sound. > > Something details I've noticed: > 1) as expected, when the machine is powered up the right polygon spins > forward and backward by toggling the clutch/brake switch next to the speed > control lever. I've noticed that when the clutch/brake switch is ON, I > can't move the right polygon at all...it is seized up - as it should be. > However, when it is in OFF, I can move the polygon by using my finger - ie > it spins freely. > 2) The left polygon seems to be stuck all the time whether its switch is > in ON or OFF. When I toggle the clutch/brake switch for it I can hear the > clicking sound of a relay and something does appear to move slightly on the > motor shaft for that polygon (I've looked at it by taking off the panels > and looking underneath). > 4) So I'm guessing that it's either a mechanical issue that has seized up > the gears, or it's an electrical issue preventing the gear shaft from > releasing for that left side polygon. > > I've checked my relays and fuses and they appear to be ok - I tested some > with a multimeter, and for others I swapped around similar relays and > everything is still the same. The belt for the polygon shaft looks like it > is on properly and in 'ok' shape, if a bit oily and dirty. > > Does anyone have any advice or any idea what the problem could be? Any > help/advice would be welcome. > > Sincerely, > > JP Marchant > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Fred Camper <f...@fredcamper.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 23:41:58 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Sad news > I knew Chuck for about four decades, not as a close friend but through > many fine encounters over the years. This list has it right: he was warm, > funny, generous, kind, smart, and had real integrity. I too read his review > of *Visionary Film* when it came out, and I do agree that Chuck did open > up really important ways of thinking about the subject. > > One example of his generosity: He asked me to be the respondent to a paper > he was giving at a seminar that was partly a critique of the Sitney canon, > knowing, I suspect, that I might be a bit critical of his paper. He got me > lots of material in advance. His paper was quite interesting and I enjoyed > engaging with it. I found one way of humorously tweaking it in my response, > and I still remember Chuck’s hearty laugh when I launched my little > one-liner. Now that is generosity. > > A film important to his paper was *The Cry of Jazz* ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Jazz ) I think Chuck meant this as > an example of the kind of film that should be included in a widened canon. > If you haven’t seen it, having a look would be one way to honor his memory. > > Fred Camper > Chicago > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- James Hansen Visiting Assistant Professor Modern and Contemporary Art Department of Art Oberlin College
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