Bloomsbury Video Library - Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol 1963-90
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{"isbn":9781350908598,"description":"With this short on Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas delivers the portrait of a great artist and chronicles the social excitement that swirled around him. The film features a cast of counter culture icons-Alain Ginsberg, John Lennon, Caroline Kennedy, Yoko Ono, Barbara Rubin, Mick Jagger and many others - while throbbing to a hypnotic Velvet Underground beat. The film is made up of my film diaries related to Andy Warhol from the years 1965-1982. Locations are New York and Montauk: The Factory, house of George Maciunas, village gate, psychiatrist's convention, home of Stephen Shore, Warhol Estate, Montauk, etc. Music: Velvet Underground, recorded in 1966. Opening segment taped at the Dom at the public performance with Nico. End section: Mass for Andy Warhol at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Directed and edited by Jonas Mekas With Lou Reed, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Gerard Malanga, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Barbara Rubin, Tuli Kupferberg, Peter Orlovsky, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, George Maciunas, Vincent Friemont, Henry Geldzahler, Paul Morrissey, Karen Lerner, Jay Lerner, Peter Beard, John Kennedy Jr., Lee Radziwill, Tina Radziwill, Anthony Radziwill, D'Allessandro, Caroline Kennedy, Mick Jagger, Jade Jagger and many others Jonas Mekas was born December 24, 1922. He is a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet and artist who has often been called \"the godfather of American avant-garde cinema.\" His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals worldwide. Language - English","videoId":6312248092112,"subscription":"bvl_visartssch,bvl_filmmediasch","title":"Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol 1963-90","xml_source":"bvl_filmmediasch_video-vra.xml","facets":"avantGardeExperimentalFilm , Avant Garde/Experimental film , experimentalFilm , Experimental film , filmmakingAndProduction , Filmmaking and production , biopics , Biopics , shortFilm , Short film , avantGarde , Avant-Garde , experimental , Experimental , narrative , Narrative , schoolsMovementsAndStyles , Schools, movements and styles , age , Age , _19601969 , 1960\u20131969 , _19701979 , 1970\u20131979 , _19801989 , 1980\u20131989 , made_19801989 , 1980\u20131989 , english , English , unitedStates , United States , origin_lithuania , Lithuania , origin_unitedStates , United States , video , Video , _19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , origin_europe , Europe , origin_northAmerica , North America , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , northAmerica , North America , genres , Genres , made_19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , identity , Identity ,","contenttypeorder":3,"productname":"bvl_all","contentType":"video","identifier":"RV-MekScenes_6312248092112","browse_author":"Jonas Mekas (Director), Jonas Mekas (Editor (film or video)) and Revoir Video (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_visartssch","bvl_filmmediasch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","browse_search":"RV-MekScenes","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/263b884f-614e-4b80-a289-5ca3715e4230/1d33ae45-46ee-42c3-84a9-6590bacd02ec/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_anthropologicalSketchesFriendshipsAndIntersections","series":"Anthropological Sketches: Friendships and Intersections","date_of_publication":1982,"territorial":"AS CA GU MP PH PR UM US VI","publisher":"Revoir Video","id_search":"RV-MekScenes","facet":["_19001999","_19601969","_19701979","_19801989","age","artsAndLiterature","avantGarde","avantGardeExperimentalFilm","biopics","english","experimental","experimentalFilm","filmAndCinema","filmmakingAndProduction","genres","identity","made_19001999","made_19801989","narrative","northAmerica","origin_europe","origin_lithuania","origin_northAmerica","origin_unitedStates","schoolsMovementsAndStyles","shortFilm","unitedStates","video"],"authors":"Jonas Mekas~Jonas Mekas~Revoir Video"}
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