| Description |
1 DVD (156 min.) : sound, some black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([40] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 0. |
| Cast |
Pull my daisy: Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Mooney Peebles, Peter Orlofsky, Larry Rivers ; narrated by Jack Kerouac. The last clean shirt: Ruth Cazalet, Richard White. Birth of a nation: John Ahearn, Miles Forest, Dorothea Rockburne, Charlotte Bellamy, Karen Peters, Willem de Kooning. USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara: Frank O'Hara, Alfred Leslie. A stranger calls at midnight: Alfred Leslie. |
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Collective title from container. |
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Originally produced as motion pictures 1959-2007. |
| Summary |
Pull my daisy: "Milo is a railroad brakeman, his wife a painter. They have some poet friends who spend a good bit of time hanging out at their apartment. When Milo and his wife are visited by their bishop, they naturally would like their friends to be on their best behavior. But poets will be poets"--Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052100/plotsummary). |
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The last clean shirt: A couple drives around Manhattan in a convertible. |
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Birth of a nation: Originally filmed in 1965, this film was largely destroyed in a fire. Leslie recovered 14 minutes of footage and some sound elements in this 2007 restoration. The film is a "wild counterculture opera which included inter-racial marriage, a claustrophobic ménage a trois, lesbian parents, masturbation, suicide, a number of musical interludes and apparently lots of telephones ringing"--Booklet. |
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USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara: Frank O'Hara reads poetry and discusses filmmaking with Alfred Leslie. |
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A stranger calls at midnight: Alfred Leslie discusses his life and works. |
| Contents |
Pull my daisy (29 min. ; 1959) / G-String Enterprises ; adapted, photographed and directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie ; written and narrated1 by Jack Kerouac -- The last clean shirt (41 min. ; 1964) / Czé Zléyiuz Edu Filméei presents ; [produced, photographed, written and directed by Alfred Leslie] ; subtitle -- Birth of a nation (39 min. ; 1965/1998) / film by Alfred Leslie ; [text by Frank O'Hara]. USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara: Thirteen/WNET ; [directed by Richard O. Moore] -- USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara (15 min. ; 1966) -- A stranger calls at midnight: a self interview of sorts (32 min. ; 2007) / Edu Filmii and Klopstokia Worldwide. |
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Booklet includes essay by Ian White and stills from Alfred Leslie's films. |
| Credits |
Pull my daisy: G-String Enterprises ; adapted, photographed and directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie ; written by Jack Kerouac. The last clean shirt: Czé Zléyiuz Edu Filméei presents ; [produced, photographed, written and directed by Alfred Leslie] ; subtitle texts by Frank O'Hara. Birth of a nation: film by Alfred Leslie ; [text by Frank O'Hara]. USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara: Thirteen/WNET ; [directed by Richard O. Moore]. A stranger calls at midnight: Edu Filmii and Klopstokia Worldwide. |
| Awards |
Pull my daisy was named to the National Film Registry in 1996 by the Library of Congress. |
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Some films include subtitles. |
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Beats (Persons)
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Beats (Persons) |
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Beats (Persons) -- Interviews.
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Interviews.
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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Poets, American. |
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20th century |
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Poets, American -- 20th century.
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Leslie, Alfred, 1927- -- Interviews.
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Leslie, Alfred, 1927- |
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O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966 -- Interviews.
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O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966. |
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Experimental films.
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Experimental films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Short films.
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Short films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Interviews.
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Leslie, Alfred, 1927- director.
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O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966.
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
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Corso, Gregory.
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Bellamy, Richard.
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Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010.
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Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002.
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969, author, narrator.
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Ahearn, John, 1951-
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Forest, Miles.
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Rockburne, Dorothea.
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De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997.
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Frank, Robert, 1924-2019.
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Moore, Richard O., director.
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Cook, Benjamin.
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Jones, Adam.
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G-string Enterprises (Firm)
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Czé Zléyiuz Edu Filméei (Firm)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Edu Filmii (Firm)
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Klopstokia Worldwide (Firm)
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LUX (Organization)
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Cool man in a golden age : selected films |
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Pull my daisy (Motion picture)
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Last clean shirt (Motion picture)
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Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1965)
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USA: poetry, Frank O'Hara.
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Stranger calls at midnight : a self-interview of sorts.
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