Film directed by Marie Menken in 1961.
Synopsis
'Drawing on her experience in action painting, Marie Menken made her only hand-painted film, Drips in Strips, in 1961. --David Lewis, All Movie Guide
Film notes
'Spattered paint responding to gravity, forming its own patterns and combinations of color. --Marie Menken
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Arsenal Experimental
Marie Menkevicius (25 May 1909 in New York City, New York - 29 December 1970) was an American experimental filmmaker and socialite.
Personal Life The daughter of Catholic-Lithuanian immigrants, she grew up in Brooklyn. In 1931 she met and married Willard Maas, a professor of literature at Wagner College in Staten Island. It was a rocky and unstable marriage.
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