Re: [Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-25 Thread Stephen Anker 
Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/24/kenneth-anger-hollywood-babylon-dead/

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 12:05 PM Adam Hyman  wrote:

> LA Times:
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> https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-05-24/kenneth-anger-dies
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> NY Times:
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/movies/kenneth-anger-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
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> IndieWire:
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> https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/kenneth-anger-dead-1234682825/
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> Hollywood reporter:
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> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kenneth-anger-dead-experimental-filmmaker-1235499653/
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> On 5/24/23, 9:29 AM, "Frameworks on behalf of Pip Chodorov" <
> frameworks-boun...@film-gallery.org on behalf of p...@re-voir.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Sad news...
>
>
>
> Kenneth Anger, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author, Dies
> at 96
> 
>
> variety.com
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Re: [Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-25 Thread Adam Hyman 
LA Times:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-05-24/kenneth-anger-dies

 

NY Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/movies/kenneth-anger-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

IndieWire:

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/kenneth-anger-dead-1234682825/

 

Hollywood reporter:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kenneth-anger-dead-experimental-filmmaker-1235499653/

 

On 5/24/23, 9:29 AM, "Frameworks on behalf of Pip Chodorov" 
 wrote:

 

Sad news...

 

Kenneth Anger, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author, Dies at 
96variety.com
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Re: [Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-25 Thread Francisco Torres 
Sad news.

El mié, 24 may 2023 a la(s) 18:19, Scott MacDonald (smacd...@hamilton.edu)
escribió:

> *Hey Dominic,*
>
> *We geezers do have some good tales to tell, and this is a good one.*
>
> *(Not sure I wouldn't have accepted the book!)*
>
> *I was jolted to think Kenneth had died--he seemed indestructible somehow.
> Getting an interview with him was one of the thrills of my life.*
>
> *Scott*
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:38 PM Dominic Angerame <
> dominic.anger...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This breaks my heart, below is a short piece that will be included in a
>> book I am writing about my experiences at Canyon Cinema and the filmmakers
>> that I had come to know and love.
>>
>> This is an excerpt
>>
>> One day I was leaving my apartment in North Beach and walking on Columbus
>> Avenue when I ran into Kenneth walking down the street. Surprised to see
>> him, I offered to buy him a cappuccino.  He declined but said he wanted to
>> show me something. We walked and talked for a while walking down Broadway
>> past the numerous strip clubs until we stopped outside of an porn store on
>> Kearny Street.
>>
>>
>>
>> The store had a massive video arcade in the back. I knew the store had a
>> collection of some of the grossest porn that I had ever seen. I groaned
>> quietly and walked in, not knowing what to expect. We walked to the back of
>> the shop where the private video booths were located. Of course there were
>> several strange looking clients coming sheepishly out of the booths. The
>> floor was cement and sloped downward and above there were portholes for the
>> projection of the films. This was very curious, and then Kenneth told me
>> this porn shop used to be a theatre called the “Art Movie House”, and it
>> was where he premiered *Scorpio Rising*. I was standing in an historic
>> building!
>>
>>
>>
>> As we walked around a bit and I am sure we looked suspicious as
>> we  examined the ceiling, the portholes, the walls. My filmmaker mind
>> imagined what films this theatre had shown in the past and what it must
>> have looked like when *Scorpio Rising* was presented. We then walked
>> outside and I felt like I had just an extremely spiritual experience.
>> Kenneth then pointed to a window on the second floor and said he lived
>> there, directly above the theatre.
>>
>>
>>
>> This long gone porn store now is the home of North Beach Citizens, an
>> organization that helps homeless people. Ironically this organization was
>> started by Francis Ford Coppola and funded in part by George Lucas. The
>> sloped floors are gone along with the portholes, yet the spirit of the old
>> theater remains. I have volunteered there in the past and now AA meetings
>> on held on that sight.
>>
>>
>>
>> Another day I was working in the office and Bruce Conner walked in
>> unexpectedly as he often would.  He was carrying a book he wanted the
>> office to have. It was the unauthorized biography of Kenneth Anger. I
>> looked at the book and the phone rang. I was suddenly conflicted  since
>> Bruce normally demanded all my attention and did not want to be
>> interrupted.
>>
>>
>> However, I saw that it was Kenneth Anger calling me. I answered the phone
>> and Bruce was upset. Kenneth said hi, etc. and then he went on to discuss
>> the very book Bruce had brought. Kenneth went on to say  angrily “Do not
>> buy that book, do not read it and do not accept it if given to you, do not
>> even touch the book,” I said ok, hung up the phone looked at Bruce and said
>> I cannot accept the book. Talk about MAGIK!
>>
>>
>> On May 24, 2023, at 9:29 AM, Pip Chodorov  wrote:
>>
>> Sad news...
>>
>> 
>>
>> Kenneth Anger, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author,
>> Dies at 96
>> 
>> variety.com
>> 
>>
>> 
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Re: [Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-24 Thread Scott MacDonald 
*Hey Dominic,*

*We geezers do have some good tales to tell, and this is a good one.*

*(Not sure I wouldn't have accepted the book!)*

*I was jolted to think Kenneth had died--he seemed indestructible somehow.
Getting an interview with him was one of the thrills of my life.*

*Scott*

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:38 PM Dominic Angerame <
dominic.anger...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This breaks my heart, below is a short piece that will be included in a
> book I am writing about my experiences at Canyon Cinema and the filmmakers
> that I had come to know and love.
>
> This is an excerpt
>
> One day I was leaving my apartment in North Beach and walking on Columbus
> Avenue when I ran into Kenneth walking down the street. Surprised to see
> him, I offered to buy him a cappuccino.  He declined but said he wanted to
> show me something. We walked and talked for a while walking down Broadway
> past the numerous strip clubs until we stopped outside of an porn store on
> Kearny Street.
>
>
>
> The store had a massive video arcade in the back. I knew the store had a
> collection of some of the grossest porn that I had ever seen. I groaned
> quietly and walked in, not knowing what to expect. We walked to the back of
> the shop where the private video booths were located. Of course there were
> several strange looking clients coming sheepishly out of the booths. The
> floor was cement and sloped downward and above there were portholes for the
> projection of the films. This was very curious, and then Kenneth told me
> this porn shop used to be a theatre called the “Art Movie House”, and it
> was where he premiered *Scorpio Rising*. I was standing in an historic
> building!
>
>
>
> As we walked around a bit and I am sure we looked suspicious as
> we  examined the ceiling, the portholes, the walls. My filmmaker mind
> imagined what films this theatre had shown in the past and what it must
> have looked like when *Scorpio Rising* was presented. We then walked
> outside and I felt like I had just an extremely spiritual experience.
> Kenneth then pointed to a window on the second floor and said he lived
> there, directly above the theatre.
>
>
>
> This long gone porn store now is the home of North Beach Citizens, an
> organization that helps homeless people. Ironically this organization was
> started by Francis Ford Coppola and funded in part by George Lucas. The
> sloped floors are gone along with the portholes, yet the spirit of the old
> theater remains. I have volunteered there in the past and now AA meetings
> on held on that sight.
>
>
>
> Another day I was working in the office and Bruce Conner walked in
> unexpectedly as he often would.  He was carrying a book he wanted the
> office to have. It was the unauthorized biography of Kenneth Anger. I
> looked at the book and the phone rang. I was suddenly conflicted  since
> Bruce normally demanded all my attention and did not want to be
> interrupted.
>
>
> However, I saw that it was Kenneth Anger calling me. I answered the phone
> and Bruce was upset. Kenneth said hi, etc. and then he went on to discuss
> the very book Bruce had brought. Kenneth went on to say  angrily “Do not
> buy that book, do not read it and do not accept it if given to you, do not
> even touch the book,” I said ok, hung up the phone looked at Bruce and said
> I cannot accept the book. Talk about MAGIK!
>
>
> On May 24, 2023, at 9:29 AM, Pip Chodorov  wrote:
>
> Sad news...
>
> 
>
> Kenneth Anger, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author, Dies
> at 96
> 
> variety.com
> 
>
> 
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Re: [Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-24 Thread Dominic Angerame 
This breaks my heart, below is a short piece that will be included in a book I 
am writing about my experiences at Canyon Cinema and the filmmakers that I had 
come to know and love.

This is an excerpt

One day I was leaving my apartment in North Beach and walking on Columbus 
Avenue when I ran into Kenneth walking down the street. Surprised to see him, I 
offered to buy him a cappuccino.  He declined but said he wanted to show me 
something. We walked and talked for a while walking down Broadway past the 
numerous strip clubs until we stopped outside of an porn store on Kearny Street.
 
The store had a massive video arcade in the back. I knew the store had a 
collection of some of the grossest porn that I had ever seen. I groaned quietly 
and walked in, not knowing what to expect. We walked to the back of the shop 
where the private video booths were located. Of course there were several 
strange looking clients coming sheepishly out of the booths. The floor was 
cement and sloped downward and above there were portholes for the projection of 
the films. This was very curious, and then Kenneth told me this porn shop used 
to be a theatre called the “Art Movie House”, and it was where he premiered 
Scorpio Rising. I was standing in an historic building! 
 
As we walked around a bit and I am sure we looked suspicious as we  examined 
the ceiling, the portholes, the walls. My filmmaker mind imagined what films 
this theatre had shown in the past and what it must have looked like when 
Scorpio Rising was presented. We then walked outside and I felt like I had just 
an extremely spiritual experience. Kenneth then pointed to a window on the 
second floor and said he lived there, directly above the theatre. 
 
This long gone porn store now is the home of North Beach Citizens, an 
organization that helps homeless people. Ironically this organization was 
started by Francis Ford Coppola and funded in part by George Lucas. The sloped 
floors are gone along with the portholes, yet the spirit of the old theater 
remains. I have volunteered there in the past and now AA meetings on held on 
that sight.
 
Another day I was working in the office and Bruce Conner walked in unexpectedly 
as he often would.  He was carrying a book he wanted the office to have. It was 
the unauthorized biography of Kenneth Anger. I looked at the book and the phone 
rang. I was suddenly conflicted  since Bruce normally demanded all my attention 
and did not want to be interrupted. 

However, I saw that it was Kenneth Anger calling me. I answered the phone and 
Bruce was upset. Kenneth said hi, etc. and then he went on to discuss the very 
book Bruce had brought. Kenneth went on to say  angrily “Do not buy that book, 
do not read it and do not accept it if given to you, do not even touch the 
book,” I said ok, hung up the phone looked at Bruce and said I cannot accept 
the book. Talk about MAGIK!


> On May 24, 2023, at 9:29 AM, Pip Chodorov  wrote:
> 
> Sad news...
> 
> https://variety.com/2023/film/news/kenneth-anger-dies-fireworks-1235623957/-- 
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[Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-24 Thread Pip Chodorov 
Sad news...

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/kenneth-anger-dies-fireworks-1235623957/
Kenneth Anger, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author, Dies at 96
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