The filmmaker wants you all to know that the 20-minute short that she's selling for $150 to libraries ($50 for individuals) is not in fact a way to raise money for her feature length documentary.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Tamar Halpern <[email protected]> > Date: October 27, 2011 6:23:10 AM PDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Regarding your posting > > Ms. Woo, > > Please let me clarify your misunderstanding that was posted to via > lists.berkeley.edu to videolib. The short I am selling is on its own an > inside look into Llyn Foulkes’ process in the studio as he struggles to > finish a painting eight years in the making. It focuses solely on that one > painting that took eight years to complete – his process and his hopes and > dreams. The feature film, which might include about two minutes of the > short, is about his life, his entire 50 plus year career, his music, his one > man band, being on the Tonight show, two marriages, three children, his > struggles, his battles and his demons. The two films are wholly different. > The fact that you worked hard to talk me down on the price and then posted an > email that calls into question my ethics is disturbing. > > This is a great time for Llyn Foulkes as he has two openings tomorrow in NYC, > a city I’ve followed him to twice and where he feels he’s never been > appreciated, plus he is on the cover of this month’s Art in America. I’ve > spent six years following him when he was forgotten (according to him) and > invested thousands of my own money documenting him. The short was part of > Llyn’s shows and traveled with the one painting he worked on for eight years. > The short stands alone as a work. > > The encouragement of my friend Raphael Rubinstein, former managing editor of > AiA and current professor of art, is the reason the short and the feature > were ever endeavored in the first place. Please take the time to repost a > correction on the internet. And in the future, instead of arguing about the > price (unlike so many of the other California art colleges that have happily > added it to their collection), why not just ask me why exactly I feel the > price is justified? We could have had a nice dialogue instead. > > Please repost in a timely fashion. > > Thank you, > Tamar Halpern > ORIGINAL POSTINGS > Re: [Videolib] Caveat emptor - Llyn Foulkes video > From: Jessica Rosner > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:57:24 -0700 > Subject: Seems like a rather high end version of Kickstarter. > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:51 PM, jwoo wrote: > > The 20-minute video currently being marketed is not the final version; while > negotiating the price, I learned that she's selling this one to raise money > to complete the feature-length version. I don't know about you, but when > shelling out three-figures, I'd like to receive the fully finished project. > In her original email and on > the website, I didn't see anything indicating that this is not the final > product and would have felt really burned if I'd purchased the mini-version > now. Just wanted to let you all know in case you're thinking of buying it. > > Janice Woo > California College of the Art > > P.S. According to the filmmaker, "purchase gives CCA a discount when the > feature length documentary is completed. I'm working hard at it as I write > and these sales help to fund my efforts." > > On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Tamar Halpern wrote: > >> “Llyn Foulkes is the great maverick genius of American Art.” - >> >> -Raphael Rubinstein, former Senior Editor, Art in America >> >> “This documentary shines a light on the method and the madness of one of >> the best living American artists today.” >> >> -Ali Subotnick, Hammer Museum Curator >> >> “This film is a fascinating glimpse into the artistic process.” >> >> -Cecile Whiting, Professor, Art Studies, UC Irvine >> >> >> Dear Janice Woo, >> >> My mother is a graduate of your school, so it would be a great honor to >> have my film included in your collection. >> >> Llyn Foulkes’s The Lost Frontier is an intimate twenty-minute DVD that >> documents the emotional, physical and philosophical psyche of a working >> artist that I hope will be of interest to Washington University. Llyn >> Foulkes started his career in Los Angeles in the 1960’s, along >> with contemporaries Robert Irwin, Ed Moses and Ed Ruscha. Considered an >> important force in California Pop and Assemblage, Llyn is hard at work today >> with work owned by the Pompideau, The Art Institute in Chicago, LACMA, MOCA, >> The Hammer, and The Whitney among others. >> >> This intimate portrait of a working artist in his prime, his frankness >> about his career, and his commitment toward ‘picture making’ makes for a >> highly personal adventure inside the mind and studio of Llyn Foulkes. This >> documentary is a valuable teaching tool for anyone interested in the arts >> and the creative process, regardless of age. >> >> I invite you to click below to view clips and learn more about acquiring >> this film for your collection. >> >> http://www.llynfoulkesfilm.com >> >> Cordially, >> >> Tamar Halpern >> >> Filmmaker VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
