Medium Cool (Collection of five original photographs from the 1969 film) by Wexler, Haskell (director, screenwriter, producer); Tully Friedman (producer); Jerrold Wexler (producer); Robert Forster, Marianna Hill (starring) - 1969

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1969. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. A semi-documentary dramatization of the violence that surrounded the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and a film that questions the politics inherent in journalism and image-making, "Medium Cool" is a remarkable directorial accomplishment, highlighting the political unrest of the late 1960s, in part by using real footage. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, one uniformly faded.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film, a highlight of early New Hollywood cinema. One shows actor Harold Blankenship, the other with actors Robert Forster, Peter Bonerz, and Janet Langhart. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Paramount Pictures, the other with the stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. A hardened and dubiously ethical television cameraman finds out he is being watched by the FBI amidst the tumultuous protests taking place around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Highly influential for its groundbreaking use of factual historical events interspersed with fictional narrative. Featuring early music by Frank Zappa's band Mothers of Invention, and addressing underlying social issues of race, gender, and poverty, the film frankly depicted much of the growing countercultural movement of the late 1960s, even going so far as to use real-life footage of civil disobedience… Read More