NOTES OF AN EARLY FALL (Part I & II)

Super 8mm, color, sound, 33.25 min
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[NOTES] was mostly made in Binghamton in 1976 - a warped record constructed out of visits to the zoo, relatives and various locations. Appearances by obsessive birds, caged bears and hungry rams. "Certain ...
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[NOTES] was mostly made in Binghamton in 1976 - a warped record constructed out of visits to the zoo, relatives and various locations. Appearances by obsessive birds, caged bears and hungry rams. "Certain shots are very evocative, such as a long shot of a group of people sitting on a park bench, one person playing a song on a recorder. The sound of the music, its fragility, is matched by the distance of the shot, lending a feeling of precariousness to the moment. There is a repeated shot of a warped record playing, with the same musical phrase endlessly repeated. The shot is an interior one, with the lighting casting a golden glow on the scene. The warped repetitions begin to reverberate with suggestions of frustrations." – Daryl Chin, The Soho Weekly News "His first talkie, NOTES OF AN EARLY FALL is a characteristically raw work that parlays even the sound of microphone rumble into a formal element. Featuring a lengthy sequence devoted to the dance of an outrageously warped record, and a cameo appearance by a malfunctioning TV set, the forty-minute film suggests an entropic, melancholy Ballet Mecanique." – J. Hoberman, Homemade Movies

Films

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    G-OG-OGO-GO-GOG-OG-OGO-GO-GO
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    G-OG-OGO-GO-GOG-OG-OGO-GO-GO
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, sound, 24 min
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    SALT OF THE SEA
    Experimental

    SALT OF THE SEA
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 4 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, regular 8mm
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    IVAN’S SCARF
    Experimental

    IVAN’S SCARF
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, sound, 4 min
    Rental format: regular 8mm
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT GOTTA BOX OF LIGHT
    Experimental

    THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT GOTTA BOX OF LIGHT
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 4 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    CATS CRADLE HARP WIND LOCK HEART
    Experimental

    CATS CRADLE HARP WIND LOCK HEART
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 5.75 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, regular 8mm
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    TEAR/OR
    Experimental

    TEAR/OR
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 4 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    SAUL’S SCARF
    Experimental

    SAUL’S SCARF
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 19.5 min
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    LOST NOTE
    Experimental

    LOST NOTE
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, sound, 10.5 min
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    NOTE ONE
    Experimental

    NOTE ONE
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, black and white, silent, 6.5 min
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    NOTE TO PATI
    Experimental

    NOTE TO PATI
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 8 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, regular 8mm
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Environment / Nature
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    STAR FILM
    Experimental

    STAR FILM
    Saul Levine

    16mm, color, silent, 13.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Hand-Processed
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    NOTE CHICAGO REDS AND BLUES
    Experimental

    NOTE CHICAGO REDS AND BLUES
    Saul Levine

    16mm, color, sound, 5.5 min
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    • Films About Film
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    TRAVEL NOTE AND SKETCH
    Experimental

    TRAVEL NOTE AND SKETCH
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 4.5 min
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    • Landscape / Architecture
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    THE BIG STICK/AN OLD REEL
    Experimental

    THE BIG STICK/AN OLD REEL
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 11.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Political / Social Activism
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    • Found Footage
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    ON THE SPOT
    Experimental

    ON THE SPOT
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 28.5 min
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    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Films About Film
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    NOTE TO ERIK
    Experimental

    NOTE TO ERIK
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 4 min
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    NOTE TO COLLEEN
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    NOTE TO COLLEEN
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 5 min
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    PORTRAYAL: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
    Documentary
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    PORTRAYAL: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, 7.5 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, regular 8mm
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    RAMBLING NOTES
    Experimental

    RAMBLING NOTES
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 12 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Philosophical
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    CHARLATAN
    Experimental

    CHARLATAN
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 16.25 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, super8
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Dance
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    ON GUARD
    Experimental

    ON GUARD
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, black and white, silent, 4.5 min
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    TIME TO GO TO WORK
    Experimental

    TIME TO GO TO WORK
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 10.5 min
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    NOT EVEN A NOTE
    Experimental

    NOT EVEN A NOTE
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, silent, 2.75 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    TWILIGHT PORTRAYAL: SHERYL KAYE
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    TWILIGHT PORTRAYAL: SHERYL KAYE
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 2.25 min
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    A Reel of Portrayals

    A Reel of Portrayals
    Saul Levine

    16mm, color, sound, 14.5 min
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    NEARSIGHT
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    NEARSIGHT
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, sound, 1.75 min
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    • Erotic
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    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT: GROOVE TO GROOVE
    Experimental

    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT: GROOVE TO GROOVE
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 11.75 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Films About Film
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    • Comedy
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    UNEMPLOYMENT PORTRAYAL
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    UNEMPLOYMENT PORTRAYAL
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, sound, 4.75 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Political / Social Activism
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    RAPS AND CHANTS: PART ONE & TWO
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    RAPS AND CHANTS: PART ONE & TWO
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 25.75 min
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    • Music
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    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT: BOPPING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA BLUE
    Experimental

    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT: BOPPING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA BLUE
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 7 min
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    NEW LEFT NOTE
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    NEW LEFT NOTE
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 27.75 min
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    • Political / Social Activism
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    LIEN ON MY SOUL/PORTRAIT NOT A DREAM
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    LIEN ON MY SOUL/PORTRAIT NOT A DREAM
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 21 min
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    • Landscape / Architecture
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    MORTGAGE ON MY BODY
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    MORTGAGE ON MY BODY
    Saul Levine

    Regular 8mm, color, silent, 23.5 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    NOTE TO POLI
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    NOTE TO POLI
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    • Erotic
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    ARRESTED
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    ARRESTED
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    Shmatehs I,II,III

    Shmatehs I,II,III
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    super8, color, sound, 4 min
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    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT
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    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT
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    super8, color, sound, 30 min
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    DEPARTURE
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    DEPARTURE
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    Super 8mm, color and b/w, sound, 26 min
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    Four Films
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    Four Films
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    16mm, color, silent, 10 min
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    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT: A BRENNEN SOLL COLUMBUS N MEDINA
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    A FEW TUNES GOING OUT: A BRENNEN SOLL COLUMBUS N MEDINA
    Saul Levine

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    • Music
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    Schmateh IV & Scrape
    Experimental

    Schmateh IV & Scrape
    Saul Levine

    super8, color, sound, 8 min
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    • Biography / Autobiography
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    SUBMISSION
    Experimental

    SUBMISSION
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 8 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, super8
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Films About Film
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    NOTES AFTER LONG SILENCE
    Experimental

    NOTES AFTER LONG SILENCE
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 15 min
    Rental format: super8
    • Music
    • Political / Social Activism
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    PREVIEW
    Experimental

    PREVIEW
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 11 min
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    • Political / Social Activism
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    IS AS IS
    Experimental

    IS AS IS
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 2 min
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    • Biography / Autobiography
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    AS IS IS
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    AS IS IS
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 3.5 min
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    • Political / Social Activism
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    SPUN
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    SPUN
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 15 min
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    • Erotic
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    CRESCENT
    Documentary
    Experimental

    CRESCENT
    Saul Levine

    Super 8mm, color, sound, 6 min
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    • Biography / Autobiography