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Sonnet Lumière
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"Sonnet Lumière" by Owen O'Toole. Owen O'Toole was a free-form radio DJ on WMFO at Tufts University in early 1986 when he wrote to me inquiring about the audio tapes I published via Widemouth Tapes. The very 2nd thing he sent me was a VHS copy of a collection of 5 super-8 movies he'd made & organized under the name "Sonnet Lumière" for broadcast on Somerville, Massachusetts's Public Access TV. The 5 films presented are: 1. "Pisa", 2. "WR Theme" ("Wide Receiver" was probably the name of his radio program at the time), 3. "Plaza I", 4. "Pool", 5. "Plaza II". In my world, Owen was a major super-8mm filmmaker. In the early '80s, public access channels on cable tv were being struggled for by political activists. It's to their credit that there's some amazing programming that wouldn't be available otherwise. The handwritten note that came with Owen's VHS tape concluded with "please use this tape as you like." This was typical of the generous & open friendship that we had with each other. It was also typical of the best of the times, the 1980s having been the heyday of Home Taper exchanges. There was a plenitude of networking through the mails going on, people found their commonalities &…
Directors & creators
Owen O'Toole
Subjects
Owen O'Toole, super-8, Public Access TV, Sonnet Lumière, tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE aRCHIVE
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