Ben Van Meter Movies

  • 1968
    Garden of Proserpine

    Garden of Proserpine

    Garden of Proserpine

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    Nymphs in the woods... exotic... sensual. Featuring two lovely pregnant young ladies doing centuries old dances in green woods with see through veils.

    Garden of Proserpine
  • 1965
    Bolex Peyote Bardo

    Bolex Peyote Bardo

    Bolex Peyote Bardo

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    First experimentation with in-camera multiple exposure as a technique of self-expression.

    Bolex Peyote Bardo
  • 1968
    Apropos of San Francisco

    Apropos of San Francisco

    Apropos of San Francisco

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    (After or for Jean Vigo). A study in visual rhythms and structure, using the same basic element repeated with variations.

    Apropos of San Francisco
  • 1971
    Krishna's March to the Sea

    Krishna's March to the Sea

    Krishna's March to the Sea

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    Rathyahatra Festival San Francisco 1970.

    Krishna's March to the Sea
  • 1968
    Steve Miller Blues Band

    Steve Miller Blues Band

    Steve Miller Blues Band

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    Steve Miller Blues Band sequence by prominent San Francisco filmmaker Ben Van Meter.

    Steve Miller Blues Band
  • 1965
    Up Tight, L.A. Is Burning... Shit!

    Up Tight, L.A. Is Burning... Shit!

    Up Tight, L.A. Is Burning... Shit!

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    One of the most powerful, thought-provoking collage films produced during the New American Cinema Movement. Almost schizophrenic in its kaleidoscopic...

    Up Tight, L.A. Is Burning... Shit!
  • 1966
    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening

    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening

    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening

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    Van Meter had three camera rolls of 7242 Ektachrome EFB, which he fully ran through his camera each day of the 3-day Trips Festival. The end result...

    S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening