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Montage: Mass A Metaliturgy, 1962
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Mass: A Metaliturgy (1962) By Joan Robertson (with Wayne Sourbeer, uncredited) Music: Donald Erb Though this film is not technically in the Montage series, Sourbeer reported that this film was a collaboration between him and actress/artist Joan Robertson. She was making the film as part of a class project and art exhibition. Sourbeer is not credited, but the film has similarities to the Montage series film and the playful early Dada films. It is a series of images shot around a scrap yard, with Robertson interacting with some of the objects there. Unlike the Montage films all of which are in color, this film is black and white. Robertson's sister Jane was also an actress and the female lead of the Wichita independent film The Shortest Straw (1968). The Montage Series By Ben Urish Beginning in 1951 Wichita, Kansas had a vibrant and adventurous film society. The Wichita Film Society ( WFS ) was a focal point for those interested in the cinema arts and was both an institution of education, exhibition, and a hub for other aspects of the local art and theater scenes. By the late 1950s, the WFS had several members and frequent patrons who wanted to make films of their own and in 1959, th…
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Demolition Kitchen Video
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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