Image Union, episode 1102: impressions of Harold
Image Union episode featuring “Impressions of Harold: 1983-1987” by Bill Stamets.
Image Union episode featuring “Impressions of Harold: 1983-1987” by Bill Stamets.
Work by Chicago commercial filmmakers. There is a mix of actual commercials, parodies, and regular films. Works include “The Honeymooners” by Goldsholl Associates, “Four Commercials” by Paul Chen, “The Ritz Newsiola” by Siporin Film Productions, and “American School for Stuntmen” by Michael K. Goi.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “The Happy Bus” by Lilly Ollinger, “Christmas Eve at Gordon’s” by Jay Tannenbaum, “Chairs” by Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Snyder, “Christmas Morning in Sister Bay” by Dan Sandin, and “Nicaragua Report” “by Juan Downey. In between videos, there is footage of a Chicago holiday parade. It features footage of Mayor Jane Byrne, various politicians, and numerous floats.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “TV” by Robert Medich, “George Talking Straight” by Jean de Segonzac and Marian Marzynski, and “Between Dots” by Arturo Cubacub.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Mike Tracy, Jay Miracle, and Davidson Gigliotti. Tracy’s “Backabout” is a film shown in reverse for comedic effect; Miracle’s “Any Family” is a documentary about a family who raises circus animals; and Gigliotti’s “Risk” is a performance piece.
Petrified Man by Denise Bostrom. Adapted from a story by Eudora Welty. Color video. Takes place in the 1950s in a Southern beauty shop. The women gossip, occasionally interrupted by cigarette commercials from the period.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Let Them Eat Cheese” by Kirk von Heflin, “The Treadmill” by The Video Brothers, “Dangerous Stranger” and “Industrialization of Dream Ejaculating Ecstasy of Mind” by Stevo Wolfson, and “The Glass” by Doug Hall.