Film Culture
| Categories | Film |
|---|---|
| Founder | Adolfas Mekas and Jonas Mekas |
| First issue | 1954 |
| Final issue | 1996 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0015-1211 |
Film Culture was an American film magazine started by Adolfas Mekas and his brother Jonas Mekas in 1954.[1] The publication's headquarters were in New York City.[1] Best known for exploring the avant-garde cinema in depth, it also published articles on other aspects of cinema, including Hollywood films.
Articles from Film Culture are compiled in a book entitled Film Culture Reader, published by Cooper Square Press.
Film Culture ceased publication 1996.[1] During its existence the magazine produced 79 issues and issue 80 was published shortly before Mekas’ death in 2018.[1]
Film awards
[edit]The magazine presented awards to independent film makers:
- First Independent Film Award: John Cassavetes for Shadows (1959)
- Second Independent Film Award: Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie for Pull My Daisy (1960)
- Third Independent Film Award: Ricky Leacock, Don Pennebaker, Robert Drew and Al Maysles for Primary (1961)
- Fourth Independent Film Award: Stan Brakhage for The Dead and Prelude (1962)
- Fifth Independent Film Award: Jack Smith for Flaming Creatures (1963)
- Sixth Independent Film Award: Andy Warhol for Sleep, Haircut, Eat, Kiss and Empire (1964)[2]
- Seventh Independent Film Award: Harry Smith for his entire body of work (1965)
- Eighth Independent Film Award: Gregory Markopoulos for his entire body of work (1966)
- Ninth Independent Film Award: Michael Snow for Wavelength (1968)
- Tenth Independent Film Award: Kenneth Anger for Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kareem Estefan (September 2007). "Selections from FILM CULTURE Magazine (1955-1996)". UbuWeb. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Film Culture 6th Award - Andy Warhol". Warholstars. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Selections from FILM CULTURE Magazine (1955-1996) on UBUWEB
- Jonas Mekas Audio from Anthology Film Archives on UBUWEB
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