From: Owen Plotkin (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 07:12:08 PST
Hi,
The Museum of modern Art Circulating library has some wonderful James
and John Whitney films, beautiful work.
Kitty Cleary at MoMA Circulating Film and Video Library
(212) 708-9530; fax (212) 708-9531
Sounds like a class I'd love to audit.
owen plotkin
the electrical retrospectacle
the now corporation
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, William C. Wees wrote:
> The 16mm film collection of McGill's Instructional Communications Centre
> has--or had--James Whitney's Lapis and Yantra. I have no idea if they are
> still available, and if so, what sort of shape they are in, but you could ask.
>
> Also, the McGill English Dept. has--or had--it's own film collection, which
> included one or two of James and John Whitney's early (1944-45 or
> thereabouts) Film Exercises. A departmental list from 1992 only includes
> Film Exercise #5, but I seem to remember there was another one. Again, I
> don't know if the films are still around or would available to you, but it
> can't hurt to ask.
>
> The Cinémathèque québécoise has a good James Whitney collection, but I
> think you would have to arrange to take your class there to see them.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --Bill Wees
>
>
> At 10:43 PM 1/14/04 -0600, you wrote:
> >To anyone who can help,
> >
> >I am wondering if there is any distributor for the early computer films of
> >the Whitneys (John Sr., John Jr., and James in particular). This is for a
> >class on Expanded Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal so a North
> >American distributor would be preferred.
> >
> >Thank you
> >
> >Troy Rhoades
> >MFA Candidate
> >Mel Hoppenhiem School of Cinema
> >Concordia University
> >Montreal, QC, Canada
> >
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