Once Upon An El
"The poet Daisy Aldan (who brought Gerard Malanga into the world of experimental filmmaking) directed a beautifully evocative and impressionistic documentary, Once Upon an El, in 8mm color with a 7 1/2 ips tape soundtrack. The 15-minute film's cast included John Ashberry, James Broughton, Chester Kallman, Frank O'Hara, Olga Petroff, Kermit Sheets, and other luminaries of the Avant-Garde, the soundtrack was composed by Storm de Hirsch. Once Upon An El documented the activities of a group of writers and composers...[demonstrating] against the demolition of New York's Third Avenue elevated railway (FMC 1967, 7-8) , which was demolished anyway" - Wheeler Winston Dixon
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- Land: United States
- Regisseur: Daisy Aldan
- Acteurs: James Broughton, Frank O'Hara, Kenward Elmslie, Jane Freilicher, Grace Hartigan, Leon Hecht, Robert Hellman, Chester Kallman, John Latouche, Richard Miller, Olga Petroff, Fabio Rieti, Toby Schneebaum, James Schuyler, Kermit Sheets, Florio Vecchi, John Ashbery,
