From: Agnes Varnum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 2:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Call for Reviewers: New Doc on Avant-Garde Pioneer Marie Menken Importance: Low Dear Editor: Would you kindly consider posting the following Call for Reviewers to SCREEN-L? The following film may be of interest to those teaching, learning and researching in your field. Call for Reviewers: New Doc on Avant-Garde Pioneer Marie Menken We are seeking North America based scholars who will write and submit a finished documentary film review to journals (academic print or online), association newsletters, email listservs etc. Reviewers must have a publication(s) in mind, confirm with the editors that it will publish film reviews, and will be responsible for corresponding with the editors. [First Run/Icarus Films cannot submit the review.] Please see the following short description. Click on link for full synopsis. Interested persons should contact me directly, off-list to arrange a review copy of the film at [log in to unmask] NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN A Film by Martina Kudlacek (Director of IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN) This feature-length documentary (97 mins., color and B&W, 2006) tells the story of the legendary artist Marie Menken (1909-1970), who became one of New York's outstanding underground experimental filmmakers of the 1940's through the 1960's, inspiring artists such as Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger and Gerard Malanga. The large (a hefty 6' 2"), loud and tempestuous Menken-reportedly the inspiration for the character of "Martha" in Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf-also became a Warhol Superstar, making memorable appearances in The Life of Juanita Castro and The Chelsea Girls. Complemented by a jazzy score by New York composer John Zorn, NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN features interviews with the filmmaker's friends, relatives and colleagues, including Alfred Leslie, Kenneth Anger, Gerard Malanga, Peter Kubelka, Mary Woronov and Jonas Mekas. They discuss Menken's distinctive film technique, her artistic struggle and personal life-including a night-shift job at Time magazine and her marriage to filmmaker Willard Maas-and provide colorful reminiscences of both Menken and the New York art scene of the era. You'll find more detailed information about the film on our website at http://www.frif.com/new2007/notes.html Thank you, Agnes Varnum First Run/Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 T 718 488 8900 F 718 488 8642 http://www.frif.com ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org