“Notes on MM” by CHARLES BERNSTEIN,
May 1, 2006, New York, Web Log

There is one more Tribeca Film Festival show — on May 2 — of Notes on Marie Menken. Martina Kudlácek’s documentary recounts the life and work of one of the most remarkable independent, Bolex-wielding filmmakers of American alternative film. Marie Menken (1909-1970), a second wave modernist, was a direct influence on Stan Brackage — in the film he says she was his most important immediate influence — and you can see the traces of her work in the 16mm movies of Henry Hills, Abigail Child, and Ernie Gehr (especially their early work).
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