Ben Van Meter Movies

  • 1969
    Invocation of My Demon Brother

    Invocation of My Demon Brother

    Invocation of My Demon Brother

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    The shadowing forth of Our Lord Lucifer, as the Power of Darkness gather at a midnight mass. The dance of the Magus widdershins around the Swirling...

    Invocation of My Demon Brother
  • 1979
    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

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    Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
  • 1974
    The Saga of Macrame Park

    The Saga of Macrame Park

    The Saga of Macrame Park

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    Alexandra Jackonetti recounts the building of a children's playground of macrame in Bolinas, Calif., including her conception of the project and the...

    The Saga of Macrame Park
  • 1964
    The Poon-Tang Trilogy

    The Poon-Tang Trilogy

    The Poon-Tang Trilogy

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    The Poon Tang Trilogy (1964, B/W, sound) is a brief film composed of three 3-minute segments: in the first tableau, footage of the Hindenburg...

    The Poon-Tang Trilogy
  • 1965
    Bolex Peyote Bardo

    Bolex Peyote Bardo

    Bolex Peyote Bardo

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    First experimentation with in-camera multiple exposure as a technique of self-expression.

    Bolex Peyote Bardo
  • 1967
    Make Love Not War

    Make Love Not War

    Make Love Not War

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    Make Love, Not War, or Brown Rice, uses three projectors, and takes advantage of all the possibilities. Similar images with different...

    Make Love Not War
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1965
    Some Don't

    Some Don't

    Some Don't

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    A film exposing the staged commodification and banality of the American "beauty contest" with color overlays of fireworks in reverse-motion. ...

    Some Don't
  • 1970
    Nico

    Nico

    Nico

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    A color sound meditation on the erstwhile Warhol superstar.

    Nico
  • 1968
    Acid Mantra

    Acid Mantra

    Acid Mantra

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    Experimental documentary about the San Francisco scene.

    Acid Mantra
  • 1967
    Me & Bruce & Art

    Me & Bruce & Art

    Me & Bruce & Art

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    Bay Area filmmakers and Canyon Cinema co-founders Ben Van Meter and Bruce Conner were invited to L.A. to talk about Underground Film on the Art...

    Me & Bruce & Art
  • 1966
    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening

    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening

    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening

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    Van Meter had three camera rolls of 7242 Ektachrome EFB, which he fully ran through his camera each day of the 3-day Trips Festival. The end result...

    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening
  • 1969
    Naked Zodiac

    Naked Zodiac

    Naked Zodiac

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    The astrological signs of 12 young women.

    Naked Zodiac
  • 1965
    Colorfilm

    Colorfilm

    Colorfilm

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    A joyous, chaotic and colorful romp through nature; A psychedelic dance troupe rehearses in a studio.

    Colorfilm
  • 1966
    Acid Camp

    Acid Camp

    Acid Camp

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    This film follows a young man's adventures from his arrival in the big city, till he passes out in an apartment having been kidnapped and abandoned...

    Acid Camp
  • 1970
    Boc Ging

    Boc Ging

    Boc Ging

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    Created in 1968 by Robert Comings and Ben Van Meter in Bolinas, CA. Original sound & music performed on homemade acoustic instruments. Including a...

    Boc Ging
  • 1974
    Set Your Chickens Free!

    Set Your Chickens Free!

    Set Your Chickens Free!

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    A chicken farmer takes LSD.

    Set Your Chickens Free!
  • 1969
    Vivid Color 3D Nude Models

    Vivid Color 3D Nude Models

    Vivid Color 3D Nude Models

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    Colored lights and lovely ladies. Snatches of kinetic beauty.

    Vivid Color 3D Nude Models
  • 1970
    Interrogation

    Interrogation

    Interrogation

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    Hilariously terrifying satire of an interrogation session by the thought police.

    Interrogation
  • 1968
    Apropos of San Francisco

    Apropos of San Francisco

    Apropos of San Francisco

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    (After or for Jean Vigo). A study in visual rhythms and structure, using the same basic element repeated with variations.

    Apropos of San Francisco