Enjoy All Tomorrow's Holiday Parties with Scenes and Bonus Materials Licensed from GME for Criterion's Blu-Ray Release of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

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Enjoy All Tomorrow's Holiday Parties with Scenes and Bonus Materials Licensed from GME for Criterion's Blu-Ray Release of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

GME is happy to announce Criterion's DVD and Blu-ray release of Todd Haynes celebrated documentary THE VELVET UNDERGOUND, for which we have provided both numerous clip licenses (for the documentary) and additional films included in the Blu-ray bonus features.  These extras include the complete Jonas Mekas film AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964, 9 min) and a 7 minute excerpt from Mekas' landmark 1969 diary film collection WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES.

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JONAS MEKAS CLIPS LICENSED TO DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY CURRENTLY SCREENING IN MAJOR FESTIVALS

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JONAS MEKAS CLIPS LICENSED TO DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY CURRENTLY SCREENING IN MAJOR FESTIVALS

DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY will screen at the 2022 Hamptons Doc Fest on Saturday, December 3rd at 4pm ET followed by a Q&A with Director Nancy Buirski and Producer Susan Margolin.

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John & Yoko, Jackie O, Warhol and others Star in Clip Licensing Sampler Added to GME's Website

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John & Yoko, Jackie O, Warhol and others Star in Clip Licensing Sampler Added to GME's Website

This brief, bouncy Gartenberg Media Clip Licensing Sampler, includes scenes from experimental and independent films that GME makes available for clip licensing purposes to film and television productions worldwide. The clips that we license comprise riveting and dynamic imagery of notable scenesters and their lifestyles, featuring Andy Warhol, Jackie Kennedy and extended family, John & Yoko, Miles Davis (shooting hoops with Lennon at a celebrity gathering in Riverdale), Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Gerard Malanga (all performing with the Velvet Underground), Alan Ginsburg, Michelangelo Antonioni (visiting Shirley Clarke and Jonas Mekas at the Film-Makers' Cooperative) and a score of other key figures from the artistic and cultural worlds. GME’s library of clip licensing footage also features unique street scenes of New York City from the 1940’s onward (with a particular focus on the 1960’s), that have been utilized as B-roll footage by various production companies.

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GME ANNOUNCES THE LICENSING OF A CLIP FROM JONAS MEKAS “WALDEN” TO THE BBC'S "ANDY WARHOL'S AMERICA" DOCUMENTARY SERIES

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GME ANNOUNCES THE LICENSING OF A CLIP FROM JONAS MEKAS “WALDEN” TO THE BBC'S "ANDY WARHOL'S AMERICA" DOCUMENTARY SERIES

GME provided this classic scene of the Velvet Underground’s maiden performance at the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry from Jonas Mekas’ WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES AND SKETCHES (1969). The 3 part BBC series covers Warhol’s glorification and critique of American culture, his changing response to the country’s major historical events and finally as a man obsessed with money and security. In his eary Factory days, Warhol was instrumental in the formation of the Velvet Underground, featuring Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico and others, and who went on to be one of the most influential bands in history.

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Announcing Updated Clip and Photo Licensing Section of GME’s Website, Highlighting Our Work with Todd Haynes’ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Film

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Announcing Updated Clip and Photo Licensing Section of GME’s Website, Highlighting Our Work with Todd Haynes’ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Film

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes and Swish Productions for upcoming Film Forum release and Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.

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FILMS IN NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL BY TODD HAYNES, APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL AND PROGRAMMED BY AMOS VOGEL FOR CINEMA 16

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FILMS IN NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL BY TODD HAYNES, APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL AND PROGRAMMED BY AMOS VOGEL FOR CINEMA 16

We are proud to note the inclusion of several important filmmakers whose work is either distributed by GME, or, in the case of Todd Haynes, whose documentary THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, relies on licensing deals with GME.

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GME STREAMLINE IS HAPPY TO NOTE THE PREMIERE OF TODD HAYNES’S DOCUMENTARY “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND” AT THE 74TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

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GME STREAMLINE IS HAPPY TO NOTE THE PREMIERE OF TODD HAYNES’S DOCUMENTARY “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND” AT THE 74TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes and Swish Productions for upcoming Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.

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GME Licenses Footage From Jonas Mekas Films For The New Errol Morris Documentary MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY

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GME Licenses Footage From Jonas Mekas Films For The New Errol Morris Documentary MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY

MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY is the newest documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris. This film is structured as a psychedelic head trip, crossed with the story of a possible CIA conspiracy, and wrapped in a fascinating love story told by the late Joanna Harcourt-Smith about her time with Timothy Leary. Among the archival clips included in this movie are scenes shot by experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas from his own film REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (shots of which were also re-incorporated in his magnum opus WALDEN).

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