Piero Heliczer Movies

  • 1948
    Bicycle Thieves

    Bicycle Thieves

    Bicycle Thieves

    8.21948HD

    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...

    Bicycle Thieves
  • 1961
    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

    6.41961HD

    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...

    The Autumn Feast
  • 1965
    The Making of an Underground Film

    The Making of an Underground Film

    The Making of an Underground Film

    61965HD

    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...

    The Making of an Underground Film
  • 1966
    Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

    61966HD

    Where a nun and a nurse go to hell because of their sinful life in St. Vincent's Hospital.

    Venus in Furs
  • 1969
    No President

    No President

    No President

    5.31969HD

    Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit," in reaction to the 1968 Presidential Campaign...

    No President
  • 1967
    Homeo

    Homeo

    Homeo

    5.41967HD

    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...

    Homeo
  • 1966
    Screen Test #3

    Screen Test #3

    Screen Test #3

    81966HD

    One of Andy Warhol's screen tests, focusing on an actor's face for 4-5 mins.

    Screen Test #3
  • 1942
    Bengasi

    Bengasi

    Bengasi

    5.51942HD

    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...

    Bengasi
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1964
    Couch

    Couch

    Couch

    6.21964HD

    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...

    Couch
  • 1963
    Flaming Creatures

    Flaming Creatures

    Flaming Creatures

    4.61963HD

    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...

    Flaming Creatures
  • 1964
    The Soap Opera

    The Soap Opera

    The Soap Opera

    101964HD

    A documentary on the beginnings of the cultural revolution on the Lower East Side, New York.

    The Soap Opera
  • 1965
    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    81965HD

    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...

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests