Tutto Verdi: The Complete Operas

Description

GAZWRX The Films of Jeff Keen

Jeff Keen’s unique and imaginative filmmaking has outlived the various scenes in which it thrived: the sixties counter-culture, punk and beyond.

Making work of immediate power and raw intensity on a range of film stocks (though always preferring 8mm: more oppositional, more disposable, less of a sell-out), this WW2 veteran, self taught artist and pioneer of radical British independent filmmaking continues to defy categorisation.

The forty-plus films presented here are drawn from the various phases of Keen’s output, and reveal the astonishingly tireless talent of a unique individual not afraid to grapple with sex and war, or to experiment with multiple screen presentations, visceral soundtracks and brutal animation techniques.

Truly inspired and inspiring, this collection is a testament to the irrepressible force that is Jeff Keen.

Special Features

Jeff Keen interview (2008, 25 mins): Keen on his life and work
Art Flies Free (2000, 3 mins): short experimental documentary
Jeff Keen Films (1983, 36 min): documentary with interview and performance footage
44-page booklet featuring artworks and writings by Keen; film notes and articles by Tony Rayns, Jack Sargeant, Raymond Durgnat and William Fowler

Warning: these films contain flashing images which may be harmful to some viewers

UK / 1960-2002 / colour, and black & white / English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles / 585 minutes / 4 PAL DVD-9s / Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 (+some bespoke widescreen presentations, 16×9 anamorphic)