Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1955
Runtime: 21 min
Status: Released
Once Upon An El
1955
21 min
Overview
"The poet Daisy Aldan (who brought Gerard Malanga into the world of experimental filmmaking) directed a beautifully evocative and impressionistic documentary, Once Upon an El, in 8mm color with a 7 1/2 ips tape soundtrack. The 15-minute film's cast included John Ashberry, James Broughton, Chester Kallman, Frank O'Hara, Olga Petroff, Kermit Sheets, and other luminaries of the Avant-Garde, the soundtrack was composed by Storm de Hirsch. Once Upon An El documented the activities of a group of writers and composers...[demonstrating] against the demolition of New York's Third Avenue elevated railway (FMC 1967, 7-8) , which was demolished anyway" - Wheeler Winston Dixon
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
James Broughton
Frank O'Hara
Kenward Elmslie
Jane Freilicher
Grace Hartigan
Leon Hecht
Robert Hellman
Chester Kallman
John Latouche
Richard Miller
Olga Petroff
Fabio Rieti
Crew
Daisy Aldan
Director
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