Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler met in 1964 at the premiere of Dorsky’s first film, Ingreen. This encounter marked the beginning of a shared life and a series of creative exchanges. Covering a span of over forty years, this book brings together interviews, writings, and documents related to the 16mm films made by the two filmmakers in New York, at the country house in New Jersey where they lived in the late 1960s, and in San Francisco, where they moved in 1971 and currently reside.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction

Letter to the Editors NATHANIEL DORSKY

Interview with Jerome Hiler, Part 1 FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA

Conversation with Nathaniel Dorsky on Ingreen, A Fall Trip Home  and Summerwind MARK MCELHATTEN

Two Drafts of Notes on Ingreen NATHANIEL DORSKY

Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA

Notes on Hours for Jerome NATHANIEL DORSKY

Recollections of the Stone House ANNE WALDMAN

Library JEROME HILER

Letter from Jonas Mekas to Nathaniel Dorsky JONAS MEKAS

Two Letters from Stan Brakhage to Nathaniel Dorsky STAN BRAKHAGE

Program Notes for PFA on Nathaniel Dorsky WARREN SONBERT

Charts for the Grass Film NATHANIEL DORSKY

Variations on Grain  CELESTE ARAÚJO 

Notes for an Article on 17 Reasons Why  NATHANIEL DORSKY 

Sunset Sucks: Some Reasons for the Beauty of 17 Reasons Why PABLO MARÍN 

Arcs and Rhymes: Montage as Experience in Nathaniel Dorsky's Triste and Hours for Jerome  FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA 

Heart of Glass  HADEN GUEST 

Interview with Jerome Hiler, Part 2  FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA 

Brief Ruminations on Two Films: In the Stone House and New Shores ARINDAM SEN 

Once More to the Lake  MAX GOLDBERG 

Image and Manuscript Credits 

Filmographies of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler

First American edition, 2023 Publishers and editors: Francisco Algarín Navarro and Carlos Saldaña Translation: Matthew Gleeson and Carlos Saldaña Copyediting and proofreading: Nick Hoff Design: Blanca Gómez Terán and John Borruso