Movies: Frank O'Hara

  • 2006
    Poets at the Living Theater

    Poets at the Living Theater (2006)

    Poets at the Living Theater

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    With Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Ray Bremser, Le Roi Jones, Peter Orlovsky, this film takes place in the Living Theater, 1958....

    Poets at the Living Theater
  • 1965
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation (1965)

    Birth of a Nation

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    Alfred Leslie's Birth of a Nation 1965 consisted of separate plays drawing upon the words of O'Hara and the writing of the Marquis de Sade....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1969
    Something Wonderful May Happen: New York School of Poets and Beyond

    Something Wonderful May Happen: New York School of Poets and Beyond (1969)

    Something Wonderful May Happen: New York School of Poets and Beyond

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    In the years after World War II the New York School of Poets set a new agenda for American literature with poetry that did not shy away from common language, cliches and humor. The core of the movement was a small group of writers including Museum of...

    Something Wonderful May Happen: New York School of Poets and Beyond
  • 1954
    The Automotive Story

    The Automotive Story (1954)

    The Automotive Story

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    a quiet, humorous mockumentary on cars, with Freilicher narrating Kenneth Koch’s text and Frank O’Hara as the pianist....

    The Automotive Story
  • 1955
    Once Upon An El

    Once Upon An El (1955)

    Once Upon An El

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    "The poet Daisy Aldan (who brought Gerard Malanga into the world of experimental filmmaking) directed a beautifully evocative and impressionistic documentary, Once Upon an El, in 8mm color with a 7 1/2 ips tape soundtrack. The 15-minute film's cast i...

    Once Upon An El
  • 1953
    Presenting Jane

    Presenting Jane (1953)

    Presenting Jane

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    In the summer of 1952, poets John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara and James Schuyler collaborated with filmmakers Harrison Starr and John Latouche on a short film in tribute to their mutual friend, the painter Jane Freilicher....

    Presenting Jane
  • 1964
    The Last Clean Shirt

    The Last Clean Shirt (1964)

    The Last Clean Shirt

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    In this short film, comprising a single shot, a man and woman take a car ride through downtown Manhattan. The woman speaks in double-talk Finnish, which is interpreted into a brilliantly beautiful story through subtitles written by O’Hara....

    The Last Clean Shirt