The Making of an Underground Film

1965 · 7 min

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.

Directors: Piero Heliczer, Walter Cronkite
Released: September 6, 1965
Language: English

Cast

Piero Heliczer
Self
Lou Reed
Self
Walter Cronkite
Self
Jonas Mekas
Self
Stan Brakhage
Self
Edie Sedgwick
Michael McClure
Self
Angus MacLise
Self
Barbara Rubin
Chas Stanley
Margaret Boyce Cam
John Cale

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