OBEDIENCE (1965) - The Notorious Milgram Study, Restored
Psychologist Stanley Milgram's "obedience to authority" experiments at Yale University in the early 1960s, inspired in large part by the Nuremberg trials and the writings of Hannah Arendt, were – and remain – among the most provocative and controversial behavioral studies ever conducted. Men and women of varying backgrounds who answered an innocuous-sounding newspaper ad took part in an experiment to determine how far they would go when instructed by a faceless authority figure in the laboratory to administer painful shocks to a helpless victim. The "victim" was an actor, and the shocks were fake, but the subjects weren't. What followed was filmed by Milgram – who also aspired to be an avant-garde filmmaker – leading to a 35 minute documentary which was not intended to be shown to the general public, but as a teaching tool.
Cinema Preservation Alliance set out to preserve OBEDIENCE in 2015, only to discover that all original elements on the film were lost. A years-long search eventually resulted in the surprise discovery of two partial, nearly pristine projection prints in a bedroom closet of the Milgram estate, leading to this new 4K restoration.
The film will begin select screenings in the United States, followed by discussions in each city where it shows, in mid-2020.
Cinema Preservation Alliance set out to preserve OBEDIENCE in 2015, only to discover that all original elements on the film were lost. A years-long search eventually resulted in the surprise discovery of two partial, nearly pristine projection prints in a bedroom closet of the Milgram estate, leading to this new 4K restoration.
The film will begin select screenings in the United States, followed by discussions in each city where it shows, in mid-2020.
OBEDIENCE (1965) - The Notorious Milgram Study, Restored
Psychologist Stanley Milgram's "obedience to authority" experiments at Yale University in the early 1960s, inspired in large part by the Nuremberg trials and the writings of Hannah Arendt, were – and remain – among the most provocative and controversial behavioral studies ever conducted. Men and women of varying backgrounds who answered an innocuous-sounding newspaper ad took part in an experiment to determine how far they would go when instructed by a faceless authority figure in the laboratory to administer painful shocks to a helpless victim. The "victim" was an actor, and the shocks were fake, but the subjects weren't. What followed was filmed by Milgram – who also aspired to be an avant-garde filmmaker – leading to a 35 minute documentary which was not intended to be shown to the general public, but as a teaching tool.
Cinema Preservation Alliance set out to preserve OBEDIENCE in 2015, only to discover that all original elements on the film were lost. A years-long search eventually resulted in the surprise discovery of two partial, nearly pristine projection prints in a bedroom closet of the Milgram estate, leading to this new 4K restoration.
The film will begin select screenings in the United States, followed by discussions in each city where it shows, in mid-2020.
Cinema Preservation Alliance set out to preserve OBEDIENCE in 2015, only to discover that all original elements on the film were lost. A years-long search eventually resulted in the surprise discovery of two partial, nearly pristine projection prints in a bedroom closet of the Milgram estate, leading to this new 4K restoration.
The film will begin select screenings in the United States, followed by discussions in each city where it shows, in mid-2020.
DEAF/PUNK (1979) Dir. Richard Gaikowski
Restored 2019 by Cinema Preservation Alliance
Select Completed Works and Projects, 2003 – 2019
2003:
VALUE ADDED CINEMA (feature documentary) – Co-Produced and Directed with Steve Seid, a collage film made entirely from product placement sequences from Hollywood feature films, made for Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley.
2004:
Re-opened and operated the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque, New Mexico (with Keif Henley) as successful first-run art house and repertory movie theater until 2009. Henley continues the successful operation of the Cinema to this day.
2005:
BRAND IMPRESSIONS: GUY MADDIN AND THE FILM COMPANY (short film) – Produced and Directed, depicting the Canadian filmmaker at work on his feature film, Brand Upon the Brain.
2012-2016
Served as President of the Board of Directors of Canyon Cinema, San Francisco, California. Helped transition the venerable artist-run film distribution company from a for-profit to 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.
2016
Engineered and co-produced studio album by MX-80 Sound, So Funny (Feeding Tube Records)
2017
Led successful fundraising campaign to rescue and rehabilitate Permanencia Voluntaria film archive in Tepoztlan, Mexico after the devastating earthquake of September, 2017, in conjunction with Academy Film Archive and Archivists Without Borders.
2017-2018
NUESTRO TIEMPO/OUR TIME (feature film) – Directed by Carlos Reygadas – Various post-production consultations, ADR, and English narration rewrites