MURDERERS (A Film); The Story of Five Murderers in Three Different States
Bleak Beauty Video, 2005. Jewel Case. A 30-minute film by Danny Lyon, published by Lyon's own Bleak Beauty Video. Mostly available on Vimeo, but here, in expensive format, quick for the pop-in/pop-out. Lyons is the courageous, conscience-bound photographic documenter of the underside of daily life, providing unflinching looks at those who are fed-upon by the feeders, and how they evolve or devolve, as the case or need may require. Unopened in original publisher's shrink wrap. New (Unopened). Item #88368
"After his ground breaking work as a photojournalist in the 1960’s, Danny Lyon turned to films, making a series of non-fiction films in the 1970’s and 1980’s. With the recent recognition of the 2016 de Young/Whitney retrospective, funds were provided to preserve these remarkable 16mm films. High resolution digital scans were made from the original A&B negative rolls under the close supervision of the artist. The DVD covers themselves, first made for VHS tapes, have been recognized for their power and realism,..." (Danny Lyon Site)
"Murderers: From the same team that brought you FIVE DAYS, Bleak Beauty Films now brings you one hundred years plus life. Filmed and recorded by Danny Lyon, and edited by Anne Barliant, Murderers tells the story of five murderers in three different states. Beginning in New York City’s East River in Manhattan, we meet Jessie Ruiz, fishing for stripers. Jessie is out after serving 8 and half years, for beating a man to death with a baseball bat. “I didn’t kill him”, he explains, “he died on his own.” Inside the Tucker Unit of an Arkansas prison we meet Pinkie who talks of the many executions he saw during eight years on Death Row, and Mojo, who has done Thirteen years, because he was with his friend when the friend murdered both his adoptiveparents. Then Harold Davey Cassel, a.k.a, “Dinker”, the hero of Lyon’s book, “Like a Thief’s Dream” describes a murder he watched in the bathroom. The film ends in New Mexico with Michael Guzman, who first appeared in Danny Lyon’s 1983 Feature film “Willie”, describing with devastating emotion the abuse he suffered as a child. Guzman has been in for 25 years. This is a work of Dostoyevskian power and subtlety, with music that underscores the pathos of the film." (DVD liner notes).
Price: $350.00