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FILM CULTURE: A SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF FIFTY-ONE NUMBERS (7, 9-10, 12, 14-28, 30, 35-38, 40-61, 63-64, 67-69) IN FORTY ISSUES
(FILM CULTURE). Mekas, Jonas & P. Adams Sitney, Editors. New York. 1956-1979.: Film Culture Inc.. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Film Journal. Very Good -. or Better. 32 to 344pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Jonas Mekas' influential "Film Culture" was New York's preeminent journal devoted to avant-garde cinema and the voice of the international independent filmmaking community of the fifties, sixties, and seventies. Prominently featuring contributions on or by Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Michelangelo Antonioni, Bruce Baillie, Jordan Belson, Peter Bogdanovich, Stan and Jane Brakhage, Robert Breer, James Broughton, Luis Bunuel, Shirley Clarke. Bruce Conner, Tony Conrad, Maya Deren, Ed Emshwiller, Oskar Fischinger, Hollis Frampton, Ernie Gehr, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Kubelka, The Kuchar Brothers, Helen Levitt, Len Lye, Gregory Markopoulos, The Maysles Brothers, Yoko Ono, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ron Rice, Hans Richter, Leni Riefenstahl, Roberto Rossellini, Jack Smith, Francois Truffaut, Dalton Trumbo, Stan Vanderbeek, Slavko Vorkapich, Orson Welles, John Whitney, and many, many others, "Film Culture" was the source for up to date reviews, interviews, and critical contemporary and historical essays on the state of film. Its numerous notable non-auteur contributors include Mekas, P. Adams Sitney, Rudolf Arnheim, Gregory Battcock, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Blaise Cendrars, Robert Creeley, Luis Camnitzer, Lotte Eisner, Manny Farber, Sigmund Freud, Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, Jack Hirschman, Robert Hughes, Max Kozloff, Naomi Levine, Jay Leyda, Gerard Malanga, William Moritz, Ron Padgett, Octavio Paz, Taylor Mead, Michael McClure, Anais Nin, Andrew Sarris, Carolee Schneeman, Gilbert Seldes, Parker Tyler, and again, many more. This is a significant run of fifty-one numbers in forty issues (7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22-23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48-49, 50-51, 52, 53-54-55, 56-57, 58-59-60, 61, 63-64, 67-68-69) of this landmark publication that includes special publications on Andy Warhol and his Factory Superstars (45), Stan Brakhage (30), Fluxus (43), Lev Kuleshov (44) - all designed by Fluxus pioneer George Maciunas, D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" (36), Slavko Vorkapich (38), The Hollywood Ten and the Blacklist (50-51), Leni Riefenstahl (56-57), Oskar Fischinger (58-59-60), and James Broughton (61). An overall most handsome group with virtually all in at least Very Good minus condition showing occasional wear, soiling, spotting, creasing, and a few minor closed tears - but no truly serious flaws as far as we can ascertain - throughout. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 024407