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Title
Children of the Golden West
Series Title
Collection Guide (External)
Created Date
1975
Description
An independent film by Lenny Lipton depicting his home life and interviews with friends on subjects such as cameras, sex, politics, money, and art.
A melange of fascinating hippies animate Lipton's world in this provocative documentary kaleidoscope of Berkeley wit, defiance, insight, mania, obsession, and delusion ... a definite intimacy and spontaneity are maintained by the close, direct-eye-contact approach. The 'characters' stare unstintingly into the lens as they speak, and the effect is very much like standing toe-to-toe with someone during a conversation. This technique invests the film with a sense of familiar honesty that is pleasantly and nakedly uncontrived."
"With CHILDREN, as with his previous film FAR OUT, STAR ROUTE, Lipton has set himself the task of documenting the New Culture, not by analyzing it or discussing its process of emergence, but simply by showing that it exists. ... [I]njustice and rebellion are not invoked, and the characters are obviously already at home with their countercultural identities. This is a crucial kind of documentation to undertake, but limitations inhere either in the genre itself, or, more likely, in Lipton's approach to the genre."" - Michael Shedlin, Film Quarterly
A melange of fascinating hippies animate Lipton's world in this provocative documentary kaleidoscope of Berkeley wit, defiance, insight, mania, obsession, and delusion ... a definite intimacy and spontaneity are maintained by the close, direct-eye-contact approach. The 'characters' stare unstintingly into the lens as they speak, and the effect is very much like standing toe-to-toe with someone during a conversation. This technique invests the film with a sense of familiar honesty that is pleasantly and nakedly uncontrived."
"With CHILDREN, as with his previous film FAR OUT, STAR ROUTE, Lipton has set himself the task of documenting the New Culture, not by analyzing it or discussing its process of emergence, but simply by showing that it exists. ... [I]njustice and rebellion are not invoked, and the characters are obviously already at home with their countercultural identities. This is a crucial kind of documentation to undertake, but limitations inhere either in the genre itself, or, more likely, in Lipton's approach to the genre."" - Michael Shedlin, Film Quarterly
Creators and Contributors
Creator:
Lipton, Lenny, 1940-2022
Director: Lipton, Lenny, 1940-2022
Distributor: Canyon Cinema
Copyright holder: UC Regents
Director: Lipton, Lenny, 1940-2022
Distributor: Canyon Cinema
Copyright holder: UC Regents
Subject Topic
Genre
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Maybe 1970 (date is uncertain)
Language
Media Type
Format
Super 8mm film
Extent
3
Reels
Generation
Master
Base Type
Acetate
Color or Black and White
Color
Silent or Sound
Sound
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Copyright Date
1975
Contributing Organization
Call Number
PM0015405
PM0015406
PM0015407
PM0015406
PM0015407
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: bampfa@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 643-2196
Phone: (510) 643-2196
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive
Additional Technical Notes for Item
Slight vinegar syndrome (AD level: 1.5)