The Living Theatre Movies

  • 1969
    Love and Anger

    Love and Anger

    Love and Anger

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    Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front...

    Love and Anger
  • 1961
    The Connection

    The Connection

    The Connection

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    A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker...

    The Connection
  • 1964
    The Brig

    The Brig

    The Brig

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    An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work...

    The Brig
  • 1968
    Après la Passion selon Sade

    Après la Passion selon Sade

    Après la Passion selon Sade

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    Après la Passion selon Sade
  • 1969
    Rite of Guerrilla Theater

    Rite of Guerrilla Theater

    Rite of Guerrilla Theater

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    Commissioned work by Julian Beck and members of The Living Theatre (featuring Beck and Judith Malina, co-founders of The Living Theatre, in...

    Rite of Guerrilla Theater
  • 1968
    Emergency: The Living Theatre

    Emergency: The Living Theatre

    Emergency: The Living Theatre

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    a 32-minute color film by Gwen Brown, featuring precious footage of Living Theatre productions “Mysteries” and smaller pieces,...

    Emergency: The Living Theatre
  • 1969
    Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika

    Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika

    Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika

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    A harrowing, gorgeous, in-your-face-and-mind 45-minute black-and-white film by Marty Topp, produced by Ira Cohen for Universal Mutant. “Marty...

    Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika
  • 1970
    Paradise Now

    Paradise Now

    Paradise Now

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    At least forty films have been made about the Living Theatre; it remained to the American underground filmmaker Sheldon Rochlin (previously...

    Paradise Now