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JON BEHRENS - SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS

1987 - 2007

For more than 25 years Jon Behrens has worked completely outside of the mainstream conception of what filmmaking is , He began to make films as a teenager in the late seventies, starting out  with his Grandfathers Wollensak  regular 8mm camera and then moving on to 16mm shortly there after. Since the age of 16 Behrens has made well over 100 films of various lengths , subject matters  and  approaches, from documents of the early Seattle  punk rock scene to poetic film experiments in which the celluloid film stock itself has been manipulated. Over the years Jon has And has screened his films both Nationally and Internationally . and has been called one of the Northwest’s most prolific filmmakers    This DVD brings for the first time on Home video 16 of Jon Behrens’ better known works from the past  twenty years. The Films on this disc have all been digitally remasterd from newly minted 16 & 35mm prints. This collection of films have been hand picked by Behrens’ long time companion and muse Barbara Evans

fFILMS INCLUDED ON THIS DVD ARE

The Astrum Argentium (2006) Vernal Obeisance (2003) Undercurrents (1994)Kodachrome Revisted (1987) Fluffy Fluffy Calm Calm (1998) All Saints Day II (2001) Anomalies of the Unconscious (2003) Prostian Neurosis (1999) Stan’s Salon (1997) A Little Splinter of Time (1995) Desert Abstractions (1997) The Flickering of the Minds Eye (2001) Exposures (1989) Six Arms Homage to Mekas (2005) Reflections (1992) The Last Ten Minutes (2000)

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Anomalies of the Unconscious included  on new Negativland DVD!

Jon Behrens 2003 experimental film Anomalies of the Unconscious with a soundtrack by Negativland will be included on the groups upcoming DVD release Our Favorite Things – Released on the Other Cinema Video Label. Nov 23 2007

Created with 17 experimental filmmakers form all over the world, Our Favorite Things is a collaborative project that takes a striking visual leap into the same legally gray area that Negativland has been exploring with sound for the last 26 years. A suggestively charming collection of incredible collage and classic cut-up entertainment for all ages. Our Favorite Things also comes with a 50 minute bonus-music CD, a capella version of your favorite Negativland hits as reinterpreted and performed by a Detroit doo-wop, gospel, R&B group.

Special Features: At Home with the Weatherman. The long lost Visit Howland Island . KPIX News Ax Murder Hoax Podcast. and Anomalies of the Unconscious a film by Jon Behrens.

Format:   $21.95

The Astrum Argentium included on The Journal of Short Film vol  # 13

(December 9, 2008) The Journal of Short Film released Volume 13 (Fall 2008) today. The JSF is a quarterly DVD that, to date, has published over 140 filmmakers from 12 countries. With its thirteenth volume, the JSF has officially come of age. Its place as one of the greatest repositories of short films has been assured.

Volume 13 continues the Journal’s tradition of genre-leaping and eclecticism. Well known festival hits sit next to more underground works. Themes of family history and the uncertainties of youth begin to emerge, but, in the end, the volume’s only unifying quality is the films’ excellence.

Here is the complete list:

1. MY OLYMPIC SUMMER – Daniel Robin (2007, 13:00) Combining suspense with hollowed out nostalgia, my olympic summer is about mothers, fathers, internal and exterior events, ultimately evoking a lyrical truth rather then literal accuracy. 2. CORNER DELANCEY – Neil Ira Needleman (2008, 8:00) A rare disease brings a father and son closer together—even as it pushes them further apart. 3. THE SON OF SAMSONITE – Mike Olenick (2002, 9:33) Composed of memories of other images, The Son of Samsonite is filled with irony and black humor, puns and pop songs, and a troubled relationship unfolding amongst disasters. 4. BY MODERN MEASURE – Matthew Lessner (2006, 5:50) An amateur French sociologist presents his observations on a day in the life of two young Americans who meet by chance outside a Taco Bell. 5. THE GREETING FROM MY MOTHER – Katja Straub (2007, 12:00) The Greeting From My Mother traces the sublime and almost invisible bonds of motherhood, daughterhood, and sisterhood over "one hundred years and two world wars." 6. THE ASTRUM ARGENTIUM – Jon Behrens (2006, 6:00) It is mostly a hand-painted and step-printed film. I also created the sound design for this film.

The Journal continues to have a free and open submissions process. Submissions should be sent to The JSF, PO Box 8217, Columbus, OH 43201, USA. The Journal remains ad-free and committed to independent and underrepresented work.

Contact: Karl Mechem, publisher, The Journal of Short Film, contact (at) theJSF.org.