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• thanks to Mary Vernon for her help in
creating this website•
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site design by James Dowell and John Kolomvakis
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Produced and Directed by
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James Dowell John Kolomvakis
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Directorial Editors |
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James Dowell John Kolomvakis
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special thanks David
Lindblom
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Narration Written and Read by
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James Dowell
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Principal Photography
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Scott Barnard
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Associate Editor: Kent Kitzman Assistant Editors: Randi Cecchini, Chris Guido, Cristina Villoresi Post-Production Assistants: Scott Barnard, Chris Guido |
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ADR & Sound Mixing
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Jacob Burckhardt
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Negative Matching
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Noelle Penraat
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Dailies and Prints DuArt
Film and Video
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The Young and Evil courtesy Charles Henri Ford by Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler ©Charles Henri Ford 1988. Adapted for film by James Dowell |
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Cast:
Art Design and Costumes James Dowell |
| "A Sentimental Playlet" courtesy of Charles Henri Ford and Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas at Austin |
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puppets by James Dowell, inspired by Kurt Seligmann's 1946 puppets sets by James Dowell |
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voices
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poet
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Hank Flacks |
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enid
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Tina Stafford |
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sailor
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Valery Oisteanu |
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prinicipal puppeteers
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John Tartaglia, Gina E. Cline, Dean Jackson
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archival footage:
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Paper Ball courtesy Wadsworth Atheneum Eugene Gaddis,
archivist
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"Poem Posters" by Charles Henri Ford courtesy Charles
Henri Ford and Filmmakers Cooperative
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Charles on Dakota roof courtesy Gerard Malanga /
Gerard Malanga Archives
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Andy Warhol screentest of Charles Henri Ford courtesy
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
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"Johnny Minotaur" by Charles Henri Ford courtesy
Charles Henri Ford
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"No President" by Jack Smith courtesy Plaster Foundation
special thanks: Penny Arcade Jim Hoberman Jerry Tartaglia
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stock footage courtesy of Streamline Films, Inc.
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Literary Excerpts:
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excerpt from "I Will Be What I Am" courtesy Charles
Henri Ford as read by Rich Bernatovech
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Nightwood segment and "Behind the Heart" courtesy executors of Djuna Barnes estate Author League Fund New York, with thanks to Mary-Lynn Broe read by Mary Lou Wittmer Rich Bernatovech as Charles Henri Ford Mary Lou Wittmer as Djuna Barnes flute, Sarah Hornsby |
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title page Nightwood courtesy New Directors
Publishing New York
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Our Lady of the Flowers jacket courtesy Grove
Atlantic
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William Burroughs letters courtesy William S. Burroughs
read by David Taylor
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Photographs:
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additional photographs courtesy of:
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| Archives of American Art | Sotheby's London | |
| Rudy Burckhardt | Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, Connecticut | |
| Condé Nast Publishing Charles Scheips, archivist | The trustees of The Boston Public Library | |
| McKeldin Library University of Maryland | Chicago Historical Society | |
| Orange County Citizens Foundation | Ruth Ford | |
| Phillip Ramey | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billie Rose Theatre Collection | |
| Photofest, Howard Mandelbaum & Jay Weisberg | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin |
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Portrait Photographs by:
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Charles Henri Ford George Balanchine, Max Ernst, Ned Rorem, Pavel Tchelitchew, Carl Van Vechten courtesy the photographer |
Peter Rose Pulham Charles Henri Ford Eugene Berman with thanks to Philippe Garner |
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Jane Bowles Paul Bowles courtesy Paul Bowles |
James Thrall Soby Charles Henri
Ford by tree courtesy Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, Connecticut
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Ira Cohen Charles Henri Ford (with horns and scarves) courtesy of photographer |
Pavel Tchelitchew Charles Henri
Ford (various photographs) courtesy Charles Henri Ford
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Henri Cartier- Bresson Charles Henri Ford (coming out of pissoir) courtesy the photographer and Magnum Photos |
Carl Van Vechten Parker Tyler,
Charles Henri Ford courtesy the Estate of Carl Van Vechten, Joseph Solomon
and Bruce Kellner, Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities, University
of Texas at Austin
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Lee Miller Joseph Cornell (profile with boat) Dorothea Tanning (with dog) (with "Maternity") © Lee Miller Archive Chiddingly England & Dorothea Tanning |
Indra Tamang Brion Gysin courtesy of the photographer |
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Hans Namuth Joseph Cornell courtesy Center for Creative Photography University of Arizona © Hans Namuth, Ltd. |
Horst Max Jacob courtesy the photographer & Stanley Wise Gallery |
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Charles Henri Ford and Gerard Malanga courtesy of Gerard Malanga/ Gerard Malanga Archive, Photomat 1968 |
Alfred Knopf Jean-Paul Sartre by permission of Alfred Knopf, Inc. |
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Jack Smith self-portrait photo collage courtesy Plaster Foundation Penny Arcade and Jim Hoberman |
Marie Beck and Helen MacGregor Edith Sitwell courtesy Butler Vogene and Condé Nast Publications |
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George Platt Lynes George Balanchine (profile) Expatriate Europeans, NY Ruth Ford (with moth) Gertrude Stein (in landscape) Pavel Tchelitchew (in studio) (with phonograph) courtesy ofGeorgePlatt Lynes II & Estate of GeorgePlatt Lynes |
Berenice Abbott Margaret Anderson Djuna Barnes (in profile with turban) Rene Crével courtesy Commerce Graphics Ltd., Inc |
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Marion Morehouse aka Mrs. ee cummings Djuna Barnes (by gate) courtesy the photographer McKeldin Library The University of Maryland W. W. Norton New York, NY |
Cecil Beaton Cecil Beaton (self-portrait) Charles Henri Ford (on newspapers) (with chain collage) Pavel Tchelitchew (in studio) courtesy Sotheby's London Cecil Beaton Estate Lydia Cresswell-Jones & Condé Nast Publications Charles Schipes |
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Works of Art:
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Pavel Tchelitchew "Portrait of Lincoln Kirstein" courtesy School of American Ballet "Hide and Seek" "Charles Henri Ford" (with large ears) ©1996 Museum of Modern Art New York "Portrait of Ruth Ford" "Blue Boy with Pitcher" courtesy Ruth Ford "Portrait of Charles Henri Ford" courtesy Elisabeth and William Landes |
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Music:
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Didgeridoo Brent Johnson
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"Descriptions Automatiques" Erik Satie 1913 performed by William Hobbs , recorded at Hillside Sound studios 1998 |
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"Shortenin' Bread" Ora Dell Graham, courtesy Library of Congress 1940 |
"Fanfare" Spike Hughes 1933 as performed by Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra Tenor sax Coleman Hawkins courtesy Largo Music |
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"Preludes for Piano" Paul Bowles performed by Irene Herrmann, courtesy Paul Bowles recorded at Hillside Sound Studios 1997 ©Mercury Music Corporation |
"Sonata for Oboe and Clarinet" Paul Bowles 1931 as performed by HCD Productions, courtesy Largo Music |
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"Bonaparte's Retreat" as performed on the fiddle by W.H. Stepp 1937 courtesy Rebecca Howard Arnett |
music for "Behind the Heart", Sarah
Hornsby 1998
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"Northfield" 37th Annual Session of the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention Birmingham Alabama courtesy Library of Congress 1942 |
"The Aquarium" from The Carnival of the Animals Camille
Saint-Saens 1922 courtesy Naxos Records
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"Le Tombeau de Couperin, suite d'orchestre" Maurice Ravel 1919 performed by Orchestre National de France 1987 conducted by Eliahu Inbal courtesy Denon Records Nippon / Columbia |
"Embryons Desseches-D'Holothurie" Erik Satie 1913 performed by William Hobbs, recorded at Hillside Sound Studios 1998 |
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"Special Rider Blues" Son House 1942 courtesy Library of Congress |
"Avant derniere pensées" Erik Satie performed by William Hobbs , recorded at Hillside Sound Studios 1998 |
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"Low Down Dirty Dog Blues" Son House 1942 courtesy Library of Congress |
"Night Without Sleep" Paul Bowles, text by Charles Henri Ford sung by James Busterud Irene Herrmann, piano courtesy Paul Bowles and Charles Henri Ford publisher G. Schirmer, Inc. recorded at Hillside Sound Studios 1997 |
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"Bureaucratique" Erik Satie 1917 performed by William Hobbs, recorded at Hillside Sound Studios 1998 |
"Concerto for Two Pianos, Wind, and Percussion" Paul Bowles 1948 commissioned by Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale performed by HCD Productions, courtesy Paul Bowles & Theodore Presser Company / ASCAP courtesy LargoRecords |
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"Air in D" Spike Hughes 1933 performed by Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra Tenor sax and clarinet Coleman Hawkins courtesy Largo Records |
"Sailor's Song" Paul Bowles 1946 performed by Romolo Di Spirito accompanied by Carrington Welch, courtesy Paul Bowles |
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"Sirocco" Spike Hughes 1932 performed by Spike Hughes and His Orchestra courtesy Largo Records |
"Prelude #2 Waltz" Paul Bowles performed by Irene Herrmann Recorded at Hillside Sound Studios 1997, courtesy Paul Bowles ©1947 Mercury Music Corporation |
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"Parade" Erik Satie 1916 New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Coup courtesy Hyperion Records |
Drums, William Burroughs segment Jason Wildman 1998 |
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"Music at Midnight" Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra tenor sax and clarinet Coleman Hawkins courtesy Largo Records |
"Fantasy on Wie Schonleuchtet" Max Reger Paul Fejko, organ courtesy Arkay Records |
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"Long Night Scamper" Spike Hughes 1932 performed by Spike Hughes and His Orchestra courtesy Largo Records |
"Tristan und Isolde" Prelude to Act I Richard Wagner First performed 1865 Berlin State Orchestra, conducted by Karl Muck 1928 courtesy Centaur Records |
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"Huapango #1" Paul Bowles performed by Ramon Salvatore, courtesy Cedille Records, Paul Bowles and G. Schirmer, Inc. New York |
"Pavane Pour Une Infante de'funte" Maurice Ravel 1910 Czecho-Slovack Symphony Orchestra courtesy Naxos Records |
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Thanks
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Beth Alvarez
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Hillside Sound Studios
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Calle Angel
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Nikos Ieronymakis
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Lothar Braun
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Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY
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Ed Delucca & Midtown-Payson Galleries
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La Maison Francaise, New York University
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Dino Kayas
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Dan Marks
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Dorothea Tanning Foundation
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Lawrence D. Mass
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Cam F. Dowell III
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Gladys Murray
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Evelyn Dowell
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Vincent Pepe
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Lana Fritz
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Neal Pilzer
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Cathy Henderson
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Martica Sawin
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Paul Harris
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Leslie Tonkonow
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Tracy Harris
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Mervyn Willis
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Special Thanks
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Paul Bowles
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Mary Lynn Broe
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Virginia S. Carr
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Eugene R. Gaddis
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Irene Herrmann
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Ned Rorem
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Elliott Stein
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Dorothea Tanning
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Steven Watson
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Regina Weinreich
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Arthur Williams
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This film is a sponsored project of the New York
Foundation for the Arts supported in part with grants from:
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Frameline Film/Video Completion Fund The Jerome Foundation The New York Council for the Humanities, a State program of the National Endowment for the Humanities |
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