From: marilyn brakhage (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Sep 10 2009 - 18:22:28 PDT
It was made in 1968 and there was an 8mm version released of the first
section only -- with Paul Sharits and his (then) wife, whose name I'm
sorry I don't know. Quite a few of those were sold, but I've heard
that the remaining prints may be badly faded. A 16 mm version of the
entire work was probably at the NY Coop and Canyon for awhile (I'm
supposing). I don't know the exact date of withdrawal. MoMA has a
print (or two), but not in circulation. The original material is now
at the Academy Film Archive.
Marilyn
On 10-Sep-09, at 5:58 PM, k. a.r. wrote:
> re: Lovemaking.
> When did he withdraw it? because it seems like I may have seen that
> at some point......
>
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> > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:42:47 -0700
> > From: email suppressed
> > Subject: Re: [FRAMEWORKS] Looking for prints to screen
> > To: email suppressed
> >
> > I haven't seen Lovemaking, which makes it difficult to comment. But
> > my understanding is that in his considerations of notions of love
> and
> > sexuality, Stan ended up with a film in four sections: heterosexual
> > lovemaking, animals mating, homosexual lovemaking, and a fourth part
> > that was an unstaged filming of a group of children playing a game,
> > which Stan believed demonstrated some beginnings of sexual awareness
> > amongst the children -- and therefore seeming to him to be related
> > thematically to this film. Why he subsequently decided to withdraw
> it
> > was because of some reactions (I don't know the specifics) which led
> > him to believe that the film might be misunderstood or misused.
> >
> > Marilyn Brakhage
> >
> >
> > On 10-Sep-09, at 11:12 AM, Jorge Amaro wrote:
> >
> > > I'm just curious, is there any particular reason behind it?
> > >
> > > 2009/9/10 marilyn brakhage <email suppressed>:
> > >> Stan Brakhage withdrew the film "Lovemaking" from distribution
> many
> > >> years
> > >> ago.
> > >>
> > >> Marilyn Brakhage
> > >>
> > >> On 10-Sep-09, at 3:53 AM, Thure Munkholm wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Dear friends at Frameworks.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm located in Denmark, where I work as a programmer.
> > >>>
> > >>> I've had a hard time finding a place where I could rent (film)
> > >>> prints of
> > >>>
> > >>> Stan Brakhage: Lovemaking (1968)
> > >>> Milton Miron: Tricia's Wedding (1971)
> > >>> Yoko Ono: Fly (1970)
> > >>>
> > >>> I would love to show these here in November, so any indication
> as
> > >>> to where
> > >>> I might be able to rent them would be highly appreciated.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> All the best,
> > >>> Thure Munkholm
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________________________
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> >
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