New American Cinema Tour, Which Included Warren Sonbert's 1966 Where Did Our Love Go?, Discussed at Turin Symposium

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New American Cinema Tour, Which Included Warren Sonbert's 1966 Where Did Our Love Go?, Discussed at Turin Symposium

Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media has co-sponsored the symposium, "Transatlantic Experimental Film Connections and Influences: New American Cinema and Europe in the 1960s and Afterwards," held May 26, 2022 in Turin Italy. The symposium brings together scholars, archivists and writers to discuss the occasion of the momentous introduction of the New American Cinema (NAC) at Spoleto in 1961 and the longevity of its impact.

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New Digital Copies of Early Warren Sonbert Films Screened at CINEINFINITO Santander, Spain

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New Digital Copies of Early Warren Sonbert Films Screened at CINEINFINITO Santander, Spain

Warren Sonbert’s HALL OF MIRRORS (1966), THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1967), and THE TENTH LEGION (1967) were recently presented in the Cineinfinito #165: Warren Sonbert program at Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo. The 2K DCP versions of these films were prepared by Light Cone, the European distributor of the films of Warren Sonbert in both 16mm and several now as digital versions, which are also available exclusively to the North American educational market by Gartenberg Media via GME Streamline. A total of five early Sonbert titles (the above 3 plus AMPHETAMINE, WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?, both from 1966), are available as downloadable 2K DSL files from GME.

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Announcing Updated Clip and Photo Licensing Section of GME’s Website, Highlighting Our Work with Todd Haynes’ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Film

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Announcing Updated Clip and Photo Licensing Section of GME’s Website, Highlighting Our Work with Todd Haynes’ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Film

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes and Swish Productions for upcoming Film Forum release and Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.

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Gideon Bachmann's UNDERGROUND NEW YORK streaming from Cineteca di Bologna through 1/17

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Gideon Bachmann's UNDERGROUND NEW YORK streaming from Cineteca di Bologna through 1/17

Cineteca di Bologna presents Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968) in it’s program The Rediscovered Cinema | Outside the Hall. In this indecipherable period, where cinemas are closed for the first time since 1895, the Cineteca di Bologna is bringing its most precious experience into everyone's homes, that of The Cinema Ritrovato, the largest festival in the world dedicated to the history of cinema.

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GME Notes with Sadness the Recent Passing of Warhol Superstar Brigid Berlin

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GME Notes with Sadness the Recent Passing of Warhol Superstar Brigid Berlin

GME notes with sadness the recent passing of Warhol superstar Brigid Berlin. A fixture at the Factory for decades, Berlin appeared in several of his films and photos and was also an important participant in Warhol’s life, to which, per the artist, she contributed enormously. Berlin is perhaps best remembered for her shocking role in Warhol’s best known early film, CHELSEA GIRLS (1966).

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