Marie Menken: ‘Go! Go! Go! is made up of sequences that are mostly filmed from a vehicle in motion. In the harbour scene, I had to wait for the moment when activities were most feverish. Sequences that can only be seen on screen for a minute sometimes took an hour to film. The sequence “power and health” was shot during a beauty contest. The subjects that dominate in the film are the different districts of New York and people who are enslaved by their professions.’
Also in this combined programme
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Bagatelle for Willard Maas
A new version of a famous film, made for Menken’s husband – poet and film maker Willard Maas. -
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Notebook
Marie Menken: ‘These notes are too minuscule to comment on, but one or two have come to be among my favourite films.’ -
Andy Warhol
Marie Menken: ‘A long day from the life of pop artist Andy Warhol, reduced to a few minutes. A document.’ -
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1964
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
