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Montage II: Ephemeral Blue, 1960
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Montage II: Ephemeral Blue (1960) Written by Charles Plymell Music: David Levenson Voice: Richard Grove Sound: Jim Kramer Cast: Dee LaVelle, Brad Hammond, LaVona Spencer, Dorothy Sourbeer Direction and Photography by Wayne D. Sourbeer A series of eclectic images, built upon a Beat poem by Kansas native Charles Plymell who published several volumes of poetry and the memoir Last of The Moccasins. The images include a woman in black being hoisted by a pumping oil derrick, a businessman who lives in a coffin, childbirth, and much more. Sourbeer told me that Plymell was going through a tough time and was bolstered by his participation in the film. Some of the poetry is quite striking and some of the images are very memorable. So memorable in fact, that while researching the series in the early 1980s my m entionin g this fil m to people who hadn' t seen it for over twenty years spurred accurate recollections of its content. Several years later in 2000, I contacted poet Charles Plymell and he related that he had no copy of the film or the poem. I transcribed the poem from the film’s soundtrack and sent him both the transcription and a copy of the film. The Montage Series By Ben Urish Begi…
Directors & creators
Demolition Kitchen Video
Subjects
The Montage Series, Kansas films, Wayne Sourbeer, Arts films, Wichita, Richard Grove, Joel Sanderson, Scott Phillps, Rob McHenry, Charles Plymell, Corban LaPell, S.P. Dinsmoor, Jean Eichelberger Ivey, Joan Roberston, Garden of Eden, Lucas Kansas, Pinball, Cemetery, Palacky, Milton Machuka, Demolition Kitchen Video