James
Richard Broughton, poet, film-maker, amd playwright.
The magazine Film Culture referred to him
as "the grand classic master of Independent
Cinema." The American Film Institute presented
him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. 4
James
spent a lot of time in Sausalito, across the San
Francisco Bay, on Alan Watts' houseboat, where there
was always some very antic company: Piro Caro, Zev,
Jean Varda, Kermit Sheets, Daddy Waxwrath
(aka Kenneth Rexroth), Robert Duncan. 3
1967
Apr. 14, SF Examiner Reveiw of "Bed"
Stanley Eichelbaumz:
"Broughton
filmed it in a lovely glen near Muir Woods,
with...50 or so of his friends....[that] include
a good many of our aging Bohemians ([Alan Watts,
Gavin Arthur, Imogen Cunningham...Jean Varda]
and younger semi-hippies... ...the whimsical
poetic flavor,...and the pleasant contrapuntal
score of Warner Jepson notably heighten the
appeal of Broughton's film..." 1
1967 SF Chronicle Reveiw of "Bed"
Herb Caen:
"James
Broughton's avant gardnik film, "The Bed,"
which bounces around under such gloriosities
as Alan Watts, Gavin Arthur, Jean Varda,
Imogen Cunningham, Wes Wilson and Dame Enid
Foster, has been accepted for the Belgian Film
Festival in December. San Francisco isn't ready
for it." 2
Born
10 November 1913, Modesto, California; married Suzanna
Hart, two children: Serena and Orion; died Port
Townsend, Washington, 17 May 1999.
