Piero Heliczer
Piero Heliczer was an Italian-American poet, publisher, actor and underground filmmaker associated with the New American Cinema.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.537 |
| Birthday | 1937-06-20 |
| Place of Birth | Rome, Italy |
| Also Known As | Pier Giorgio Herliczer, |
1948
Bicycle Thieves
8.163/2741
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his w...
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Bicycle Thieves
1961
The Autumn Feast
6.4/5
A deliberately non-synchronous film, shot in 8mm with the sound on tape. Piero Heliczer reads his poem "The Autumn Feast," and the visuals interact wi...
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The Autumn Feast
1965
The Making of an Underground Film
6/1
CBS bit on Piero Heliczer shooting his film 'Venus in Furs' (they mistakenly call it 'Dirt'). Released by Boo-Hooray as part of their exhibit on Helic...
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The Making of an Underground Film
1966
Venus in Furs
6/1
Where a nun and a nurse go to hell because of their sinful life in St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Venus in Furs
1969
No President
5/5
Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit," in reaction to the 1968 Presidential Campaign...
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No President
1967
Homeo
4.714/7
Homeo is a mental construction made from visual reality, just as music is made from auditive reality. I put in this film no personal intentions. All m...
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Homeo
1966
Screen Test #3
7.5/2
One of Andy Warhol's screen tests, focusing on an actor's face for 4-5 mins.
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Screen Test #3
1942
Bengasi
5.375/8
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabita...
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Bengasi
1997
Birth of a Nation
7/4
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996. Fast...
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Birth of a Nation
1964
Couch
6.375/8
The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch, visitors to the Factory were invited to "perform...
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Couch
1963
Flaming Creatures
4.8/63
Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with se...
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Flaming Creatures
1964
The Soap Opera
10/1
A documentary on the beginnings of the cultural revolution on the Lower East Side, New York.
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The Soap Opera
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
8/3
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, a...
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