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'''Cinema 16''' was a [[New York City]]–based [[film society]] founded by [[Amos Vogel]]. From 1947 until 1963, he and his wife Marcia ran the most successful and influential membership film society in North American history, at its height boasting 7000 members.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/limits-american-cinephilia The Limits of American Cinephilia|The New Yorker]</ref><ref>[https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-noteworthy-the-limits-of-american-cinephilia-coens-in-cannes-soderberghs-2001 The Noteworthy: "The Limits of American Cinephilia", Coens in Cannes, Soderbergh's "2001" on Notebook|MUBI]</ref>
'''Cinema 16''' was a [[New York City]]–based [[film society]] founded by [[Amos Vogel]]. From 1947 to 1963, he and his wife, Marcia, ran the most successful and influential membership film society in North American history, at its height boasting 7000 members.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/limits-american-cinephilia The Limits of American Cinephilia], NewYorker.com. Accessed November 10, 2022.</ref>


==History==
==History==
Vogel was inspired by [[Maya Deren]]'s independent exhibitions.<ref>[http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/deren-2/#web Deren, Maya — Senses of Cinema]</ref> Deren exhibited and presented lectures on her films across the United States, Cuba and Canada. In 1946, she booked the [[Provincetown Playhouse]] in [[Greenwich Village]] for a public exhibition titled ''Three Abandoned Films'', which consisted of showings of ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'', ''[[At Land]]'', and ''A Study in Choreography for the Camera''. Deren took the word "abandoned" to refer to [[Paul Valéry]]'s observation that a work of art is never completed, just abandoned. While the title was ironic, the exhibition was successful.
Vogel was inspired by [[Maya Deren]]'s independent exhibitions.<ref>[http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/deren-2/#web Deren, Maya], sensesofcinema. Accessed November 10, 2022.</ref> Deren exhibited and presented lectures on her films across the United States, Cuba and Canada. In 1946, she booked the [[Provincetown Playhouse]] in [[Greenwich Village]] for a public exhibition titled ''Three Abandoned Films'', which consisted of showings of ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'', ''[[At Land]]'', and ''A Study in Choreography for the Camera''. Deren took the word "abandoned" to refer to [[Paul Valéry]]'s observation that a work of art is never completed, just abandoned. While the title was ironic, the exhibition was successful.{{cn|date=November 2022}}


Cinema 16 closed in 1963, after 17 years in operation. In that year Amos went on to programme the [[New York Film Festival]]. [[Grove Press]] acquired Cinema 16 in 1966.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/g/grove_press.htm | title=Grove Press Records an inventory of its records at Syracuse University }}</ref>
Cinema 16 closed in 1963, after 17 years in operation. In that year Amos went on to programme the [[New York Film Festival]]. [[Grove Press]] acquired Cinema 16 in 1966.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/g/grove_press.htm | title=Grove Press Records an inventory of its records at Syracuse University|accessdate=November 10, 2022 }}</ref>


==Programming==
==Programming==
{{Unsourced|section|date=November 2022}}
The movies shown at Cinema 16 consisted mostly of the [[experimental film]] that began flourishing after [[World War II]], as well as nonfiction films &ndash; not only documentaries, but educational films as well. In that, it differed even from the narrative-oriented art cinemas that appeared in the postwar years.
The movies shown at Cinema 16 consisted mostly of the [[experimental film]] that began flourishing after [[World War II]], as well as nonfiction films &ndash; not only documentaries, but educational films as well. In that, it differed even from the narrative-oriented art cinemas that appeared in the postwar years.


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* [[Gregory Markopoulos]]
* [[Gregory Markopoulos]]
* [[Ron Peterson]]
* [[Ron Peterson]]
* [[Carmen D'Avino]] (one of his films, the 1963 Oscar-nominated animated short ''Pianissimo'', was distributed by Cinema 16)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-the-academy-award-1963/|title=Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -|website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDl1ALuijlE Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964]</ref><ref>[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 1964|Oscars.org]</ref>
* [[Carmen D'Avino]] (one of his films, the 1963 Oscar-nominated animated short ''Pianissimo'', was distributed by Cinema 16)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-the-academy-award-1963/|title=Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963|accessdate=November 10, 2022|website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDl1ALuijlE Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964], youtube.com. Accessed November 10, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 1964|Oscars.org]</ref>
*[[Stan Brakhage]]
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*[[Stan Brakhage]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Shirley Clarke]]
*[[Shirley Clarke]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Bruce Conner]]
*[[Bruce Conner]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Joseph Cornell]]
*[[Joseph Cornell]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Brian De Palma]]
*[[Brian De Palma]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Georges Franju]]
*[[Georges Franju]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Richard Lester]]
*[[Richard Lester]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Nagisa Oshima]]
*[[Nagisa Oshima]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Yasujiro Ozu]]
*[[Yasujiro Ozu]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Roman Polanski]]
*[[Roman Polanski]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Alain Resnais]]
*[[Alain Resnais]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Jacques Rivette]]
*[[Jacques Rivette]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Carlos Saura]]
*[[Carlos Saura]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[François Truffaut]]
*[[François Truffaut]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[Agnès Varda]]
*[[Agnès Varda]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
*[[John Cassavetes]]
*[[John Cassavetes]]<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>
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<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/amos-vogel-founder-of-the-new-york-film-festival-and-cinema-16-dies-at-91-47856/ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cinema_16/Ivmisn4Rm_8C?hl=en&gbpv=0 MacDonald, Scott (2002). ''Cinema 16: Documents Toward a History of the Film Society'']. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. {{ISBN|1-56639-924-6}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ivmisn4Rm_8C MacDonald, Scott (2002). ''Cinema 16: Documents Toward a History of the Film Society'']. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. {{ISBN|1-56639-924-6}}.


[[Category:1947 establishments in New York City]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in New York City]]

Latest revision as of 09:38, 16 September 2023

Not to be confused with Cinema16.

Cinema 16 was a New York City–based film society founded by Amos Vogel. From 1947 to 1963, he and his wife, Marcia, ran the most successful and influential membership film society in North American history, at its height boasting 7000 members.[1]

History[edit]

Vogel was inspired by Maya Deren's independent exhibitions.[2] Deren exhibited and presented lectures on her films across the United States, Cuba and Canada. In 1946, she booked the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village for a public exhibition titled Three Abandoned Films, which consisted of showings of Meshes of the Afternoon, At Land, and A Study in Choreography for the Camera. Deren took the word "abandoned" to refer to Paul Valéry's observation that a work of art is never completed, just abandoned. While the title was ironic, the exhibition was successful.[citation needed]

Cinema 16 closed in 1963, after 17 years in operation. In that year Amos went on to programme the New York Film Festival. Grove Press acquired Cinema 16 in 1966.[3]

Programming[edit]

The movies shown at Cinema 16 consisted mostly of the experimental film that began flourishing after World War II, as well as nonfiction films – not only documentaries, but educational films as well. In that, it differed even from the narrative-oriented art cinemas that appeared in the postwar years.

Filmmakers exhibited[edit]

[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Limits of American Cinephilia, NewYorker.com. Accessed November 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Deren, Maya, sensesofcinema. Accessed November 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Grove Press Records an inventory of its records at Syracuse University". Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964, youtube.com. Accessed November 10, 2022.
  6. ^ 1964|Oscars.org
  7. ^ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire

Further reading[edit]

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