Once Upon An El
21m
"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
Cast
James Broughton
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Frank O'Hara
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Kenward Elmslie
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Jane Freilicher
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Grace Hartigan
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Leon Hecht
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Robert Hellman
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Chester Kallman
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John Latouche
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Richard Miller
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Olga Petroff
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Fabio Rieti
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Toby Schneebaum
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James Schuyler
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Kermit Sheets
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Florio Vecchi
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John Ashbery
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