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The Making of an Underground Film (1965)

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.

Release: 1965-09-06
Runtime: 7 min
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Piero Heliczer
Piero Heliczer
Self
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Self
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Self