From: Adam Hyman (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Oct 26 2005 - 10:36:10 PDT
Hi,
Tom is correct. Frederick Wiseman fully owns THE COOL WORLD and distributes
it on 16mm through his Zipporah Films (spelling?)
When I was going through Shirley's video work in 1998, much of it were 3/4"
viewing copies of video work done in the early 1970s with the earliest
generations of video equipment. It is not surprising that there has been a
good deal of deterioration, although Wendy Clarke had the material stored in
good conditions at that time.
Best regards,
Adam
On 10/26/05 10:19 AM, "Thomas Cohen" <email suppressed> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> Hi:
>
> Most of Shirley Clarke's work resides in the archive at the University
> of Wisconsin (Historical Society). Although a lot of it has been
> catalogued, it has not been preserved. I've been researching the video
> work, which is for the most part in bad condition (3/4" viewing copies,
> some 1" masters that can't be viewed because the Society doesn't have a
> machine). Some of it is unwatchable. It's a shame that the work of such
> an important artist is deteriorating. I would love to see a collection
> of Clarke's work on DVD (forgive me) like the recent one on Yvonne
> Rainer (which, by the way, I haven't actually had the opportunity to
> view yet). I know the Historical Society has the films and master tapes,
> and I assume they have the rights. Now, who has the money?
>
> (Also, I believe that Fred Wiseman owns the distribution rights to
> Clarke's _Cool World_, and I believe he's the sole distributor. Any
> "collection" would have to include that film.)
>
> Alas . . .
>
> Best,
>
> Tom Cohen
> Rhodes College
>
>
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