Martina Kudlacek – Notes On Marie Menken

Director: Martina Kudlacek
Year: 2006
Country: Austria | USA
Language: English
Length: 97 mins
Format: PAL | R0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33: 1
Certificate: E

Synopsis

Notes on Marie Menken explores the almost forgotten story of the legendary artist Marie Menken (1909-1970) who became one of New York's outstanding underground experimental filmmakers of the 1940s through the 1960s, inspiring artists such as Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger, and Gerard Malanga. She was a probable role model of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and ended up as a Warhol Superstar. The documentary allows a glimpse into her social and artistic struggle and radical integrity, drawing the picture of a modern myth in personal diary style.

With: Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakage, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie, Gerard Malanga, Jonas Mekas, Joseph J. Menkevich, Billy Name, Mary Woronov
Original Musik: John Zorn