Zefiro Torna, the Life Of George Maciunas

1992
Country: USA
Duration: 34 mins
Colour,
Sound: opt
Available Format/s: 16mm

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” Images from the life of the founder and leader of the New York Fluxus movement(…). Includes footage I took of George in 1952, at his parents house (…). Bits of Fluxus events and performances, and picnics with friends (Almus, Warhol, Lennon, Yoko Ono, etc…), George’s wedding and footage I took of him in Boston Hospital three days before he died. Soundtrack: Monteverdi (Zefiro Torna), and myself reading from my diaries written during last ten months of George’s life.”

From the collection of Anthology Film Archives.

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