In the last issue of the Fifth Estate [FE #14, September 15, 1966] I said that film was dead in Detroit. I wrote that shortly after arriving in San Francisco, and have since managed to see what film makers here …
FE Author: Emil Bacilla
Cinema
by Emil Bacilla
Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966
Film, the liveliest art, is, for all intents and purposes dead. At least in Detroit. Those wanting to attend services, needn’t bother, since there usually aren’t any for a stillborn that was just dumped in a garbage can for expediency.
Medium
by Emil Bacilla
Fifth Estate # 64, October 17-30, 1968
A lot of changes have been taking place lately on the local independent underground film scene. Ralph Pickett, of the Indian Pickers, has left the Detroit Repertory Theatre. Bill Unger is now in charge of the film showing. It’s interesting …
Medium
by Emil Bacilla
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
Every so often I wake up in the middle of the night with the insane desire to write another film column. Usually, I manage to put it out of my head and go back to sleep. Sometimes I find that …
A film column without a clever name
by Emil Bacilla
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Everybody should make films. Film-making is a beautiful thing and it’s something that anyone can do. Really. Sure there’s a lot of strange professional things to get hung up on, but it’s like the cat hustling Wurlitzer organs on television: …