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Montage II: Ephemeral Blue, 1960

Demolition Kitchen Video

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Montage II: Ephemeral Blue (1960)

Written by Charles Plymell

Music: David Levenson

Voice: Richard Grove

Sound: Jim Kramer

Cast: Dee LaVelle, Brad Hammond, LaVona Spencer, Dorothy Sourbeer

Direction and Photography by Wayne D. Sourbeer

A series of eclectic images, built upon a Beat poem by Kansas native Charles Plymell who published several volumes of poetry and the memoir Last of The Moccasins. The images include a woman in black being hoisted by a pumping oil derrick, a businessman who lives in a coffin, childbirth, and much more. Sourbeer told me that Plymell was going through a tough time and was bolstered by his participation in the film. Some of the poetry is quite striking and some of the images are very memorable. So memorable in fact, that while researching the series in the early 1980s my mentioning this film to people who hadn't seen it for over twenty years spurred accurate recollections of its content.

Several years later in 2000, I contacted poet Charles Plymell and he related that he had no copy of the film or the poem. I transcribed the poem from the film’s soundtrack and sent him both the transcription and a copy of the film.

The Montage Series

By Ben Urish

Beginning in 1951 Wichita, Kansas had a vibrant and adventurous film society. The Wichita Film Society (WFS) was a focal point for those interested in the cinema arts and was both an institution of education, exhibition, and a hub for other aspects of the local art and theater scenes.

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
Credit
Demolition Kitchen Video
Language
English
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