Hallelujah the Hills (film)
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| Directed by | Adolfas Mekas |
| Written by | Adolfas Mekas |
| Produced by | David C. Stone |
| Starring | Peter H. Beard Martin Greenbaum Sheila Finn Peggy Steffans Jerome Raphael Blanche Dee Jerome Hill Taylor Mead Emsh |
| Cinematography | Ed Emshwiller |
| Edited by | Adolfas Mekas |
| Music by | Meyer Kupferman |
Production company | Vermont Productions |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hallelujah the Hills (1963) was written, directed and edited by Adolfas Mekas. The picture was his first feature film.
In 1963, after screenings in the Cannes Festival Critics’ section, the Montreal International Film Festival, and the Locarno Festival, where it won the Silver Sail,[1] Hallelujah the Hills made its US debut at the First New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center on September 14, 1963. It received rave reviews and went on to a 15-week engagement at the 5th Avenue Cinema in New York, and movie theaters around the country. It is available in 16mm and 35mm from Anthology Film Archives[2] and the Museum of Modern Art.
Release
[edit]At its debut at the New York Film Festival, Mekas introduced his inspiration for the film, a woman who posed in a bikini.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1963 16th Locarno Festival". www.locarnofestival.ch. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Anthology Film Archives : Film Screenings". anthologyfilmarchives.org. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Fade-In On Philharmonic Hall". Variety. September 18, 1963. p. 7. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
External links
[edit]- Hallelujah Editions (official website)
- Hallelujah the Hills at IMDb
- Chicago Tribune Article
- AdolfasMekas.com
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