Art - Chumlum (Ron Rice, 1964)

Paved the way for experimental filmmakers of the 1960s, including the Kuchar brothers.

Curated by D. Strauss

Total Runtime: 0:21:50

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Soundtrack by Angus McLiesh

Ron Rice (1935, New York City - 1964, Mexico) was an American experimental filmmaker, whose freeform style influenced experimental filmmakers in New York and California during the early 1960s.

Chumlum

Rice also worked with underground filmmaker Jack Smith, who appears in Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man with Taylor Mead, and in Chumlum. Rice was inspired to make Chumlum while working with Smith on the props for Smith's Normal Love. Chumlum also stars Mario Montez, who appeared in both of Smith's films, as well as several of Andy Warhol's films. Warhol superstar Gerard Malanga also has a role in Chumlum.

Rice's films can still be rented from the Filmmaker's Cooperative. His work paved the way for other experimental filmmakers of the 1960s, including the Kuchar brothers. All but forgotten today, Rice was a major figure of the New American Cinema, and his deeply personal, anarchic films are the work of a true cinematic visionary.

Rice was 29 when he died of Pneumonia in Mexico in 1964.

Art - Chumlum (Ron Rice, 1964)

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