Curt McDowell Movies

  • 1987
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    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

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    The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activities that came and went along with him—are the themes that run through this existential diary of daily life. McDowell was dying from AIDS-related illnesses during the production of the diary. “An...

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  • 1973
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    The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

    The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

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    Two brothers are stood up and lament through song. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

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  • 1972
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    Wieners and Buns Musical

    Wieners and Buns Musical

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    A musical about an unhappy couple and the man that stands between them. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

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  • 1978
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    The Mongreloid

    The Mongreloid

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    A man, his dog, and the regions they inhabited, each leaving his own distinctive mark on the landscape. Not even time can wash away the residue of what they left behind.

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  • 1972
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    Siamese Twin Pinheads

    Siamese Twin Pinheads

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    Willy and Billy attempt to entertain while struggling with their primal urges.

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  • 1973
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    Dora Myrtle

    Dora Myrtle

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    A short film in two parts by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

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  • 1970
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    A Visit to Indiana

    A Visit to Indiana

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    Super 8 home movie footage of McDowell's trip home to Indiana, with voice-over by McDowell and Ted Davis.

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  • 1970
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    Riverbody

    Riverbody

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    A continuous dissolve of 87 male and female nudes. "The film's fascination lies with the suspense of that magic moment, halfway between two persons, when the dissolve technique produces composite figures, oftentimes hermaphroditic, that inspires awe for the mystery of the human form." - B. Ruby...

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  • 1976
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    A Reason to Live

    A Reason to Live

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    "This film is about depression, although it's not that depressing. I suppose it has a message of faith and hope in it ... it does for me .... But then again my interest may not match yours. It was shot in San Francisco and in Central Oklahoma with a cast of one man and four women. Crushing emotions...

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  • 1974
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    A Night with Gilda Peck

    A Night with Gilda Peck

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    A vehicle for the talented Mrs. Kathleen Hohalek, as the tenant of the Pyramid Penthouse, with George Kuchar and Bob Hohalek as the burglars, "Slug," and "Boom Boom," John Thomas as "the Cooper" and Ainslie Pryor as "the maid."

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  • 1974
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    True Blue and Dreamy

    True Blue and Dreamy

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    "A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle International Film Festival, 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

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  • 1974
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    Edwina Marlow

    Edwina Marlow

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    Executed by students at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, under the careful supervision of Curt McDowell. Guest appearance by Ainslie Pryor.

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  • 1978
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    Symphony for a Sinner

    Symphony for a Sinner

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    Symphony for a Sinner (1979) was a long, lavishly photographed color film generally considered the magnum opus of the class productions.

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