Exclusive: It’s been more than 40 years, but filmmaker Robert Greenwald remembers the call that came in from a man on the run. The caller, one of America’s most famous fugitives, used an assumed name.
“Robert, it’s Barry,” the man said in a gravelly voice. It wasn’t long before Greenwald discerned he was speaking with Abbie Hoffman, the “radical” leftist whose conviction in the celebrated Chicago Seven trial had been vacated. But a pending drug charge had prompted Hoffman to go on the lam.
“He would never say ‘Abbie’ [on the phone] because he was underground and assumed all the phones were tapped,” Greenwald recalls. “But I figured out pretty quickly that ‘Barry’ was Abbie.”
After that initial call Greenwald and Hoffman got to know each other and met up on occasion, in less than clandestine circumstances. Sometimes the setting was Venice Beach, not in a darkened café, but out in the sunshine,...
“Robert, it’s Barry,” the man said in a gravelly voice. It wasn’t long before Greenwald discerned he was speaking with Abbie Hoffman, the “radical” leftist whose conviction in the celebrated Chicago Seven trial had been vacated. But a pending drug charge had prompted Hoffman to go on the lam.
“He would never say ‘Abbie’ [on the phone] because he was underground and assumed all the phones were tapped,” Greenwald recalls. “But I figured out pretty quickly that ‘Barry’ was Abbie.”
After that initial call Greenwald and Hoffman got to know each other and met up on occasion, in less than clandestine circumstances. Sometimes the setting was Venice Beach, not in a darkened café, but out in the sunshine,...
- 11/4/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Jul 22, 2019
Paul Krassner got tips from Lenny Bruce, tripped with Groucho, and turned political activism into a Marx Brothers movie.
Journalist, satirist, standup comedian, and author Paul Krassner, who was one of the architects of the '60s protest movement, died Sunday at his home in Desert Hot Springs, California, according to his daughter, Holly Krassner Dawson, who confirmed the news to the Associated Press. No further details of Krassner’s death have been revealed. The founder of the Youth International Party, best known as the Yippies, had recently transitioned to hospice care after an undisclosed illness. Krassner was 87.
Krassner was born in Brooklyn on April 9, 1932. A child violin prodigy, in 1939 he became the youngest person ever to play Carnegie Hall. He was six years old.
He went on to ride the bus with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and became intimately acquainted with some of the...
Paul Krassner got tips from Lenny Bruce, tripped with Groucho, and turned political activism into a Marx Brothers movie.
Journalist, satirist, standup comedian, and author Paul Krassner, who was one of the architects of the '60s protest movement, died Sunday at his home in Desert Hot Springs, California, according to his daughter, Holly Krassner Dawson, who confirmed the news to the Associated Press. No further details of Krassner’s death have been revealed. The founder of the Youth International Party, best known as the Yippies, had recently transitioned to hospice care after an undisclosed illness. Krassner was 87.
Krassner was born in Brooklyn on April 9, 1932. A child violin prodigy, in 1939 he became the youngest person ever to play Carnegie Hall. He was six years old.
He went on to ride the bus with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and became intimately acquainted with some of the...
- 7/22/2019
- Den of Geek
It's fitting that I have 13 items to cover this week since Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection hits Blu-ray in a beautiful tin. Does this set kill the possibility of other purchases? No way! Blandings: Series One is anything but bland. Michael Shannon gives a fiery performance in The Iceman. New on Blu stateside are Dracula: Prince of Darkness, the surreal An American Hippie in Israel, and Scanners II and III, Lastly, go out of your way to get ahold of the stunning time of war coming-of-age feature War Witch and the deeply evocative Radio Unnameable, which gives voice to one of radio's greats, DJ Bob Fass. ...
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- 9/11/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Today Kino Lorber releases Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson’s documentary Radio Unnameable, starting with an exclusive run at Film Forum in New York City. The following interview was originally published on the eve of the film’s screening at BAMcinemaFest.
For decades, Bob Fass has been a unique voice on the airwaves of New York City’s freeform radio station Wbai with his show “Radio Unnameable.” From hosting a young Bob Dylan to organizing spontaneous youth gatherings with the Yippies, Fass has come to define an era of radio that had a profound influence on our culture. In their new documentary film Radio Unnameable, Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson tell Fass’ story by utilizing a treasure trove of archival material, interviews and audio (which is constantly updated and can be sampled here). After premiering at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Radio Unnameable screens at the BAMcinemaFest today.
Filmmaker:...
For decades, Bob Fass has been a unique voice on the airwaves of New York City’s freeform radio station Wbai with his show “Radio Unnameable.” From hosting a young Bob Dylan to organizing spontaneous youth gatherings with the Yippies, Fass has come to define an era of radio that had a profound influence on our culture. In their new documentary film Radio Unnameable, Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson tell Fass’ story by utilizing a treasure trove of archival material, interviews and audio (which is constantly updated and can be sampled here). After premiering at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Radio Unnameable screens at the BAMcinemaFest today.
Filmmaker:...
- 9/16/2012
- by Tom Hall
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Kino Lorber will distribute "Radio Unnameable," a documentary about on-air personality Bob Fass who revolutionized late night, free-form radio programming. It will premiere September 19 at the Film Forum in New York before expanding. "Radio Unnameable" first aired in 1963 on New York's Wbai and still broadcasts Thursday nights, midnight to 3am. The show became a cultural hub with guests who included Arlo Guthrie, Allen Ginsberg, Kinky Friedman, Abbie Hoffman, Bob Dylan and Carly Simon. Directed by Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson, "Radio Unnameable" draws from Fass' immense archive of audio, film, photographs, and video. Said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber: "New York-based Bob Fass has been a defining figure and inspiring visionary on the national media scene for half a century. We are thrilled to introduce Pauland Jessica's "Radio Unnameable" to a new media generation - they'll...
- 8/30/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
We’re very happy to exclusively premiere the trailer to Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson’s buzz doc Radio Unnameable, a portrait of the legendary late-night radio DJ Bob Fass. The film, which premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival earlier this year, won a Special Jury Prize at the Sarasota Film Festival and has its first NYC screening at BAMcinemaFest tonight.
You can check out Filmmaker‘s interview with Lovelace and Wolfson here.
Radio Unnameable Documentary Trailer from Jessica Wolfson on Vimeo.… Read the rest...
You can check out Filmmaker‘s interview with Lovelace and Wolfson here.
Radio Unnameable Documentary Trailer from Jessica Wolfson on Vimeo.… Read the rest...
- 6/27/2012
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For decades, Bob Fass has been a unique voice on the airwaves of New York City’s freeform radio station Wbai with his show “Radio Unnameable.” From hosting a young Bob Dylan to organizing spontaneous youth gatherings with the Yippies, Fass has come to define an era of radio that had a profound influence on our culture. In their new documentary film Radio Unnameable, Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson tell Fass’ story by utilizing a treasure trove of archival material, interviews and audio (which is constantly updated and can be sampled here). After premiering at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Radio Unnameable screens at the BAMcinemaFest today.
Filmmaker: Radio is such a personal experience; for many people, the magic of Bob Fass lies in the power and focus of his voice on the radio and the way in which that voice acts within their own day to day lives.
Filmmaker: Radio is such a personal experience; for many people, the magic of Bob Fass lies in the power and focus of his voice on the radio and the way in which that voice acts within their own day to day lives.
- 6/26/2012
- by Tom Hall
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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