NEW FILM THINGS - MAY 1965
On May 21st & 22nd 1965, the fifth semi-annual screening of UCLA student films takes place at Royce Hall Auditorium. The event is titled New Film Things and serves as a competition for the winning films to be included in film festivals around the world. This event features two recently completed films made by or featuring Ray Manzarek, as well as an entry by Paul Ferrara who later becomes The Doors official photographer. Prior to the event at Royce Hall, the films are shown to the press on May 19th at the Directors Guild Theater in Hollywood. Jim Morrison's original 1965 student film, allegedly titled A Feast Of Friends, now lost, is not included in the event. The films featuring Ray Manzarek are The Wino And The Blind Man and Evergreen, and Paul Ferrara's 1965 student film is titled End Of Summer.
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NATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL - OCT. 1965
On October 1st, 1965 UCLA hosts the first National Student Film Festival at UCLA's Royce Hall. Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association and the National Student Association, 75 films are chosen from universities across the country to be shown and judged by a panel of film experts and critics. In a Newsweek article dated October 25th, 1965 the festival is profiled with an opening quote from Ray Manzarek, who likely has his film Evergreen submitted and shown during the festival.
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UCLA YEARBOOK 1965-1966
OP, POP & KICKY FLICKS - DEC. 1965
In December 1965, UCLA hosts their second student film screening event of the year at the Royce Hall Auditorium. The sixth semi-annual event, hosted by the head of the UCLA Motion Picture Division Ed Brokaw, is titled Op, Pop & Kicky Flicks, and includes an eight minute film by Ray Manzarek titled Who And Where I Live. During the screening of the film, The Doors give one of their earliest live performances as a newly formed group in which they perform an instrumental soundtrack to Who And Where I Live while the audience watches. The original program for this event profiles many of the films shown at the event, including Ray's Who And Where I Live, Patient 411: A Progress Report by Ronald Raley, a film crediting Jim Morrison with cinematography, and Five Situations For Camera, Recorder and People, a film by Alex Prisadsky that credits Jim Morrison with sound. Click HERE to watch Five Situations For Camera, Recorder and People right here on MildEquator.com!PROGRAM:
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UCLA YEARBOOK 1965-1966
REPERTOIRE WORKSHOP: OP, POP & KICKY FLICKS
On January 2nd, 1966 CBS airs its weekly television show Repertoire Workshop with an episode titled Op, Pop & Kicky Flicks. Colin Young, chairman of the UCLA Department of Theater Arts is host. The program is designed to bring attention to local and unknown creative talent, and this episode focuses on four student films recently completed at UCLA. While the full contents of the episode are currently unknown, there is a possibility that one or more of Ray Manzarek's student films may have been integrated into the production. Although Ray's Who And Where I Live is now lost, the film was included in the Royce Hall screenings of December 1965, and a small portion of the film could possibly be found on copies of this episode.
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Broken Ties - Directed By Douglas Huse
The Last Laugh - Directed By Mary Most
Cum Joyn Us - Directed By Nettie Peña
The Duel - Directed By Donald Shebib
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OP, POP & KICKY FLICKS AT UCSB - MAR. 1966
On March 27th, 1966 the University of California, Santa Barbara hosts its own Op, Pop & Kicky Flicks film screening event, showcasing the films made by the students at UCLA. Two showings are given in the Campbell Hall, at 6:00pm and 8:00pm. Only a partial list of the films shown during these screenings is currently available. Another screening event at UCSB takes place prior to this event on October 24th, 1965 featuring various student films made at UCLA.
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Batman Meets Mr. Fizz - Directed By Richard Blackburn
The Last Laugh - Directed By Mary Most
Yes - Directed By Dan McCarroll
TALKING PICTURES - MAY 1966
UCLA's 1966 spring student film screening event is titled Talking Pictures, and features Ray Manzarek's second film project, Induction. At the time of these screenings, Ray is now a part of The Doors and the band has just completed their engagement at the London Fog on the Sunset Strip. Screening dates for Talking Pictures are scheduled for May 13th-14th, 20th, 22nd, and 27th-28th. The exact number of screenings of Induction are unknown for this event.
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