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The legend of Barbara Rubin

Title
The legend of Barbara Rubin / editor-in-chief, Jonas Mekas ; editors, Chuck Smith [and 6 others] ; texts by John Cavanaugh [and 8 others].
Publication
Leipzig : Spector Books, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Rubin, Barbara, 1945-1980.
  • Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019
Description
214 pages : illustrations, facsimilies; 27 cm.
Summary
The filmmaker Barbara Rubin, who was a teenager in the New York Underground in the 1960s, immediately became one of its key figures. Her groundbreaking double projection film, Christmas on Earth in 1963, was sexually provocative and aesthetically innovative. Rubin worked regularly with Jonas Mekas and Andy Warhol, she introduced Bob Dylan to Allen Ginsberg and connected Warhol to The Velvet Underground. During an intense journey, she wrote passionate letters about the film and the underground to Mekas. In this special 80th issue of the magazine Film Culture features her letters to Mekas published for the first time, as well as interviews and her screenplay, Christmas on Earth Continued, a planned sequel to her notorious film.
Series Statement
Film culture ; 80
Alternative Title
Film Culture 80
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Interviews.
  • Personal correspondence.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Barbara Rubin. A preface / Jonas Mekas -- Letters from Barbara Rubin. An introduction / Chuck Smith -- Letters from Barbara Rubin, January 1964-spring 1964 -- She picked up a camera and decided to be a filmmaker / Amy Taubin -- Christmas on Earth: an overwhelming, great experience of my life / Richard Foreman -- Letters from Barbara Rubin, Spring 1964-July 1965 -- Christmas on Earth continued: statement -- Christmas on Earth continued: script -- Christmas on Earth continued: again -- Letters from Barbara Rubin, Summer 1965-February 1967 -- conversation 1 with Barbara Rubin and John Cavanaugh, 1967 -- Letters from Barbara Rubin, ca. 1967-ca. 1970 -- Conversation 2 with Barbara Rubin and Jonas Mekas, 1972 -- Barbara Rubin's spirit / Chuck Smith -- Saint Barbara. An afterword / Ara Osterweil -- Edit film culture! / Christian Hiller and Marc Siegel.
Call Number
MWES (Rubin, B.) 20-749
ISBN
  • 9783959052023
  • 3959052022
OCLC
1076363657
Title
The legend of Barbara Rubin / editor-in-chief, Jonas Mekas ; editors, Chuck Smith [and 6 others] ; texts by John Cavanaugh [and 8 others].
Publisher
Leipzig : Spector Books, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Film culture ; 80
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Rubin, Barbara, 1945-1980.
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019, editor, correspondent.
Cover Title
Film Culture 80
Research Call Number
MWES (Rubin, B.) 20-749
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