The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
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| Directed by | Ron Rice |
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| Distributed by | The Film-Makers' Cooperative |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man is a 1963 American experimental film directed by Ron Rice.[1] It stars Winifred Bryan as the Queen of Sheba and Taylor Mead as the Atom Man. Featured players are Ron Rice, Julian Beck, Judith Malina, Jack Smith, and Jonas Mekas.
Summary
[edit]A violent but sincere protest against the industrial world, Atom Man (Mead) is a mischief maker (sometimes wearing a Chaplinesque bowler hat) who can be seen having fun with Vaseline and Ajax or wandering about in New York.
Production
[edit]Rice shot The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man on 16 mm film starting in 1962.[2] It was notable for recording Central Park, Grand Central Terminal and the New York waterfront of that era.[3] Scenes of the Atom Man were shot at the Union Carbide Building, where an exhibit on the "World of the Future" had models explaining atomic energy.[4]
Rice put together a rough cut of the film. At a 1963 benefit to raise funds, he screened over 100 minutes of a purported 3 hours total.[5] Rice died before the editing was complete, so Mead finished the project in 1981.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Library of Congress
- ^ Batten, Mary (1962). "Ron Rice & His Work". Film Comment. Vol. 1, no. 3. p. 30. JSTOR 43752660.
- ^ 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C This Weekend-NY Times
- ^ Nieland, Justus (2019). Happiness by Design: Modernism and Media in the Eames Era. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-1-5179-0205-6.
- ^ Renan, Sheldon (1967). An Introduction to the American Underground Film. E. P. Dutton & Co. pp. 175–178. ISBN 978-0-525-47207-0.
- ^ "The Queen of Sheba Meets Atom Man".