From: Frederick M. Veith (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 15:41:22 PST
Under the heading 'Commerical work':
"I never made any aesthetic discoveries in commerical work. I made
technical discoveries. Commericals were my technical school."
1957 Martin Missil Quarterly Reports (Hughes Sound Films)
1958 "Opening" for G.E. Television Theatre (On Film Co., Princeton, New
Jersey) 30 sec
1959 Untitled film on Pittsburgh (On Film Co.) 35mm 45 min
with Len Lye, Gene Smith, Stan Vanderbeek, Weegee; Brakhage under
pseudonym James Stanley
1961 'The Colorado Legend' and 'The Ballad of the Colorado Ute' 16mm
color for the State of Colorado
1962 Mr Tomkins Inside Himself 16mm color collaboration with George
Gamow; scientific educational film; provided material for
physiological film in DOG STAR MAN--equipment, microscopes,
technical assistance
1963-65 Film on Mt. Rushmore, Part II Film on Korczak Ziolkowski B&W
Film on Chief Sitting Bull B&W
(Naumon's Films)
Series of short television spots for Rural Electric of Dakota
Other commercial projects not listed are numerous television commericals.
Included among these are ads for Scott Toilet Tissue which "involved light
in a primary way," and ads in which Brakhage first employed the use of
extreme slow motion on fabric to suggest softness.
Brakhage classifies all commercial work as "ways of making a living and
attempts to do something as art... mish-mashes... which were worse than
straight commercials."
Fred.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Fred Camper wrote:
> many in the "industry." I trust that someone on this list has access to
> the January 1973 issue of "Artforum," a special Eisenstein./Brakhage
> issue that's worth getting. I can't lay my hands on my copy at the
> moment. Anyway, it has a filmography prepared with his help that
> includes the commercial work, and I'm pretty sure it included a
> reference to that commercial, and I too remember "Scott." So, someone
> please post the info from that issue.
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