Rite of Guerrilla Theater

Sep 9, 1969

0h 30m

★ 9.0

Overview

Commissioned work by Julian Beck and members of The Living Theatre (featuring Beck and Judith Malina, co-founders of The Living Theatre, in performance) for broadcast on KQED-TV, San Francisco. The Dilexi Series represents a pioneering effort to present works created by artists specifically for broadcast.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Julian Beck

Judith Malina

a 32-minute color film by Gwen Brown, featuring precious footage of Living Theatre productions “Mysteries” and smaller pieces, “Paradise Now” and “Frankenstein.” “The fusion of Brown’s freewheeling direct cinema and the Living Theatre’s performance for revolutionary change (amidst the heydays of both) unite as a dynamic concoction of the era, yielding for the viewer a shifting terrain of both critical insight and ecstatic zeal, not as a vacant nostalgia for a pre-commodified radicality, but as tactical inspiration for future days.” – Andrew Wilson (Artist’s Access Television)

0.0

A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain

Jun 6, 1984

Documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories events, 1983-1984. Meet Stu, the SRL guinea pig, and see him training to operate the 4-legged Walking Machine, see 10-barrel shotguns, hear the "Stairway to Hell".

4.2

Paradise Now

Mar 21, 1970

At least forty films have been made about the Living Theatre; it remained to the American underground filmmaker Sheldon Rochlin (previously responsible for the marvellous Vali) to make the 'definitive' film about one of the most famous of their works, Paradise Now, shot in Brussels and at the Berlin Sportpalast. Made on videotape, with expressionist colouring 'injected' by electronic means, this emerges as a hypnotic transmutation of a theatrical event into poetic cinema, capturing the ambiance and frenzy of the original. No documentary record could have done it justice.

8.0

Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

May 25, 2004

1 A Bitter Message Of Hopeless Grief 2 The Will To Provoke 3 The Delusions Of Expediency 4 The Pleasure Of Uninhibited Excess 5 A Scenic Harvest From The Kingdom Of Pain 6 Virtues Of Negative Fascination 7 Seven Machine Performances

0.0

Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika

Jan 23, 1969

A harrowing, gorgeous, in-your-face-and-mind 45-minute black-and-white film by Marty Topp, produced by Ira Cohen for Universal Mutant. “Marty Topp’s beautiful film of ‘Paradise Now’ reveals how the theories of revolutionary change and the experience of sexual liberation are not separate paths to the beautiful nonviolent anarchist revolution. Practiced together they are a single thrust, encompassing both political action and sensual joy, leading to the dreamed-of terrestrial paradise.

6.2

The Walking Dead

Mar 1, 1936

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

6.0

Desperate Measures

Jan 30, 1998

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.

6.9

The Bedford Incident

Oct 11, 1965

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

6.1

Flesh and Bone

Nov 5, 1993

Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.

5.3

Drone

May 26, 2017

Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.

7.1

El Topo

Dec 18, 1970

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

0.0

Cour d'honneur de Jérôme Bel - Avignon 2013

Jul 19, 2013

Jérôme Bel's show features the memories of spectators at the Avignon Festival.

6.4

Unhinged

Jul 16, 2020

Rachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. A case of road rage quickly escalates, at horrifyingly psychotic proportions, into full-blown terror as Rachel discovers the psychopath's sinister plan for revenge. He is single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson.

6.3

The Cabin in the Cotton

Sep 26, 1932

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

10.0

Final Girl

Oct 31, 2021

A Final Girl confronts the killer, desperately seeking closure- and revenge.

10.0

Moments: Castle

Oct 7, 2022

A woman challenges her husband on his decision to have a female friend stay over.

6.2

Ride in the Whirlwind

Oct 23, 1966

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

0.0

A Message from Martha

Jan 1, 2025

Two young women, Leah and Ellinor, venture into a dimly lit sports bar with a single goal: to confront a man who hurt Leah's sister, Marta. As their plan unfolds, the tension escalates, revealing the lengths they are willing to go for justice. Set against a backdrop of moral ambiguity, "A message from Martha" is a gripping tale of courage, fear, and the quest for redemption.

0.0

Strangers in a Car Park

Invalid Date

When a cleaning lady notices a surfer being awarded a medal for heroism, she recognises him as the man who assaulted her. Upon being consoled by a courier, the new acquaintances confront the surfer in the car park, only to to have his pregnant fiancée dismiss their story.

Rite of Guerrilla Theater

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