Film Culture. (A Complete run; nos. 1-79)

New York: Film Culture, 1955-1996. Original pictorial wrappers, varying sizes from 8vo to 4to; with numerous illustrations and photographs. 79 issues some in double and triple formats, as issued. Very good overall condition. The complete set of this important avant-garde and experimental cinema magazine, ed. by Jonas and Adolfas Mekas, with George Maciunas the Lithuanian FLUXUS artist. Together with P. Adams Sitney, Hollis Melton. Contribs. by Orson Welles, Hans Richter, Erich von Stroheim, Lotte Eisner, John Gilchrist, Joseph von Sternberg, Joris Ivens, Robert Hughes, Luis Bunuel, Jean-Luc Godard, Mich. Antonioni, Anais Nin, Seymour Stern, Truffaut, James Broughton, etc. etc. Among the special issues are no. 30 on Stan Brakhage This issue devoted to a work by filmmaker Stan Brakhage entitled Metaphors on Vision. A very good copy in corrogated cardboard covers designed by fluxus artist George Maciunas. Obi (wraparound) present and in very good condition with a few small chips at edges) ; no. 36 on D. W. Griffith(ed. by Simon Stern); no. 43: Special Issue : Expanded Arts” NewYork, NY, 1966. Tabloid, (designed by George Maciunas),12pp ; no. 45 Guest-edited by Gerard Malanga, designed and produced by George Macunias. A Warhol-themed issue featuring film stills, interviews with members of his circle, and contributions by Mac Low, Wieners, Malanga, and many others; nos. 50-51 on Hollywood blacklisting, nos. 56-7 on Leni Riefenstahl, no. 61 on James Broughton, No. 62 (1978) is A Guide to Independent Film and Video, ed. by Hollis Melton (Anthology Film Archives, 1976); nos. [72-75] is The Legend of Maya Deren..., by Vévé A. Clark, et al. (here present in the Book edition). Maciunas designed nos. 14-18,30 and 43-45. (Gwen Allen, p. 260)