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Roger Jacoby

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Roger Jacoby (1944 – 1985) was a filmmaker, artist, and pianist. He is most well known for hand-processing his films, a technique he started experimenting with in 1972 for both financial and aesthetic reasons.[1]

For a number of years, beginning in the early 1970s, Jacoby lived in Pittsburgh, PA with his lover Ondine, a Warhol superstar. [2] During this time he was an active presence in the local film community.[3] He also played piano for the silent film screenings at the Carnegie Museum of Art. His film Dream Sphinx Opera stars Ondine and Sally Dixon, the founder of the film department at the Carnegie Museum of Art.[4]

Jacoby was a subject of Jim Hubbard’s film Elegy in the Streets (1989), which intertwined footage of Jacoby before he died on AIDS in 1985 and the development of the ACT-UP movement.[5]

Filmography

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Futurist Song (1969) color, sound, 7 min.

Dream Sphinx Opera (1972) color, sound 8 min. (staring Sally Dixon and Ondine)

L’Amico Fried’s Glamorous Friends (1973) color, silent, 11 min.

Aged in Wood (1974) b/w, sound, 11 min.

Floria (1975) color, sound, 15 min.

Pearl and Puppet (1975) b/w, sound, 14 min.

Kunst Life I and II (1977) color, sound 55 min.

The Originals (1977) sound, 12 min.

How to be a homosexual Part I (1980) color,  35 min.

How to be a Homosexual Part II (1982) color, 15 min.

References

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  1. ^ Judson, William (Summer 1977). "Reflections on the Film of Roger Jacoby". Field of Vision. No. 2: 15–18. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ A., Haller, Robert (2005). Crossroads : avant-garde film in Pittsburgh in the 1970s. New York: Anthology Film Archives. ISBN 0911689230. OCLC 60767102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Ahwesh, Peggy. "Film, baby". Microscope Gallery. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. ^ A., Haller, Robert (2005). Crossroads : avant-garde film in Pittsburgh in the 1970s. New York: Anthology Film Archives. ISBN 0911689230. OCLC 60767102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Schlemowitz, Joel (November 4, 2016). "Interview with Jim Hubbard". INCITE: Journal of Experimental Media. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
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