Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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DVD Details

  • Rated: TV-MA
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 18 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 17, 2019
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Juno Films

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Entertainment Reviews:

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TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 14
A story about a unique personality who personified the toll that living in the avant-garde took. Full Review
Counterpunch.org
May 24, 2019
An informative and overdue documentary... Full Review
New York Times
May 23, 2019
It may be much too short, but pound for pound, minute for minute, there are few biographical documentaries more impressive than this. Full Review
The CriterionCast
May 24, 2019
An evocative portrait of a vibrant and mysterious artist. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
May 25, 2019
Rating: 7/10 -- Perhaps one day film will indeed change the world for the better, but for now, all we can do is watch and experience what's left of the experimental media of that time and wistfully remind ourselves of what we missed. Full Review
Film Threat
May 24, 2019
Rating: 8/10 -- Reanimates the young Jewish woman who challenged men's alt-culture...with her vulva images, charisma, and artistic matchmaking...Imperfectly integrates her disparate lives. Full Review
Maven's Nest
Jun 21, 2019
Rating: 7/10 -- As close as we're likely to get to a genuine biography of one of cinema's most elusive artists. Full Review
The Gate
Aug 1, 2019

Description by OLDIES.com:

Made when she was just 18 years old, Barbara Rubin's art-porn masterpiece Christmas On Earth (1963-65) shocked NYC's experimental film scene and inspired NYC's thriving underground. For the next four years her filmmaking and irrepressible energy helped shatter artistic and sexist boundaries. A mythical "Zelig" of the sixties, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan to the Kabbalah. But beyond shaping the spirit of the sixties, Barbara was seeking the deeper meaning of life. After retiring to a farm with Allen Ginsberg, she shocked everyone by converting to Hasidic Judaism, marrying and moving to France to live an anonymous life. Tragically, she died in 1980 after giving birth to her fifth child. For years, Jonas Mekas treasured all of Barbara's letters and films and cherished her memory. Working with Mekas' footage, the film takes us inside the world and mind of Barbara Rubin; a woman who truly believed that film could change the world. Critics have christened her The American Rimbaud, for the poetry of her work, the trajectory of her life, and her legacy. This bold, enthusiastic documentary details the unsung yet important role played by Barbara Rubin in the 1960s artistic counterculture and provides an evocative portrait of a vibrant and mysterious artist.

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  • Sales Rank: 1,442
  • UPC: 760137251590
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