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The large, loud and tempestuous Menken, whose volatile relationship with husband Willard Maas reportedly inspired Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, became a Warhol superstar making memorable appearances in The Life of Juanita Castro and The Chelsea Girls.
Apr 27, 2006 · Notes on Marie Menken: Directed by Martina Kudlácek. With Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie. A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
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- Martina Kudlácek
- 2006-04-27
In 2006, Menken was the basis for documentary film Notes on Marie Menken by Martina Kudláček. The film featured Kenneth Anger , Stan Brakhage , Gerard Malanga , Jonas Mekas , and Marie's nephew, Joseph J. Menkevich.
Feb 28, 2009 · An important first step towards the recuperation of Menken as a major artist and figure in the postwar avant-garde scene, Martina Kudlácek’s recent documentary Notes on Marie Menken (2006) includes rare footage and revealing interviews with a number of close friends and colleagues such as Anger, Mekas, Gerard Malanga and Alfred Leslie.
Mar 18, 2021 · Notes on Marie Menken explores the almost forgotten story of the legendary artist Marie Menken (1909-1970) who became one of New York's outstanding underground experimental filmmakers of the 1940s through the 1960s, inspiring artists such as Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger, and Gerard Malanga.
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Notes on Marie Menken includes rare footage of Menken and her milieu (Warhol, Gerard Malanga, husband Willard Maas) as well as interviews with friends and colleagues Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger, and others. Revealing Menken’s creative life, Kudlácek affirms her powerful legacy to avant-garde film history.
Notes on Marie Menken shines a welcome ray of light on a largely forgotten figure in the American avant-garde film scene. February 9, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…...
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