The Making of an Underground Film

CBS bit on Piero Heliczer shooting his film 'Venus in Furs' (they mistakenly call it 'Dirt'). Released by Boo-Hooray as part of their exhibit on Heliczer and The Dead Language Press. Features the earliest known footage of The Velvet Underground. Shots of Angus MacLise on percussion, a bit of Heliczer on sax, interview segments with Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage (with a clip of a film he shot of Michael McClure) and Edie Segewick.

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Duration:

7 min

Cast:

Piero Heliczer, Lou Reed, Walter Cronkite

Quality:

HD

Director:

Piero Heliczer, Walter Cronkite

Release:

1965

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Rating:

6.0