The Making of an Underground Film

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The Making of an Underground Film (1965)

Directed by Piero Heliczer, Walter Cronkite

· 7m

CBS bit on Piero Heliczer shooting his film 'Venus in Furs' (they mistakenly call it 'Dirt'). Released by Boo-Hooray as part of their exhibit on Heliczer and The Dead Language Press. Features the earliest known footage of The Velvet Underground. Shots of Angus MacLise on percussion, a bit of Heliczer on sax, interview segments with Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage (with a clip of a film he shot of Michael McClure) and Edie Segewick.

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Cast

Piero Heliczer Self Lou Reed Self Walter Cronkite Self Jonas Mekas Self Stan Brakhage Self Edie Sedgwick
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Michael McClure Self Angus MacLise Self Barbara Rubin
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Chas Stanley
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Margaret Boyce Cam John Cale

Crew

Director
Piero Heliczer, Walter Cronkite

Details

Release date
1965-09-06
Runtime
7m
Original language
EN