Cine Blatz, Meatdaze, Kino Stacatto, Pulverised Cinema. These are just a few of the mysterious titles from the sprawling filmography of Jeff Keen, the Brighton-based experimental filmmaker and artist, whose career spanned from the late 1950s to his death in 2012.
In Jeff’s films friends and family adopt star personas yanked from Hollywood B-movies, creation and destruction intermingle and, typically, everything moves at a breakneck pace. This podcast explores Jeff’s life and work in film and beyond, including his experiences in the Second World War; his involvement in the swinging scene surrounding Better Books in the 1960s; his love of Hollywood; and his collaboration with his wife, Jackie.
Chapters
* 00:01:13 - Intro to Stella Keen and John Marchant
* 00:05:25 - Jeff’s life before filmmaking
* 00:07:49 - Brighton and first experiments with film
* 00:10:00 - Better Books
* 00:13:17 - London Filmmakers Co-op
* 00:16:46 - War in Jeff’s films
* 00:20:37 - Jeff’s love of film, and film references in his work
* 00:23:53 - Jeff’s wife, Jackie, and their creative collaboration
* 00:30:40 - Jeff’s work outside of film
* 00:34:22 - maintaining the archive
* 00:39:16 - Jeff’s legacy
You can also find this podcast on…
* Spotify
This podcast includes contributions from Stella Keen, Jeff’s daughter, and gallerist John Marchant, who recently hosted a show of Jeff’s work at his Brighton gallery.
You can email me at atthecineclub@gmail.com.
Show notes
Links to some of Jeff’s films:
Marvo Movie(1967)
Cineblatz (1967)
White Lite(1968)
Rayday Film(1968-76)
Jeff Keen Films(Channel 4 documentary on Jeff, 1983)
Other links
* Gazwrx, BFI box set of Jeff’s films
