University of Virginia Library

Prism To Show
Special Program
Of Modern Films

"Scorpio Rising" and four
other films will be shown tomorrow
night at the Prism in a program
of underground films produced
by some of the leading
underground film makers in the
United States.

Produced by Kenneth Anger
in 1963, "Scorpio Rising" presents
a "high view of the myth
of the American motorcyclist."
It is divided into four parts, examining
"the masculine fixation
with the thing that goes," "getting
"high on heroes," "cycler's Sabbath,"
and "rebel rouser; a message
from the sponsor."

Also on the program are
"Erostratus," by Joseph Marzano
(1958), a story of a psychopath
who hopes to rid himself of
humanity; "Hold Me" by George
Kuchar (1966), a "film to cheer
an arthritic gorilla"; "What Are
You Thinking, Daddy?" by Fred
Wellington (1967); and "The
Grateful Dead," by Gunvar Nelson
(1968), called by Psychedelic
Notebook "an assault on the
senses."

The films will be show at
every two hours through midnight
beginning at 6 p.m. in the
Albert Shrieves Art Gallery at
the Prism. Admission to the gallery
will be $1.