Movie Description

The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd

(1975)

Overview

A fascinating hybrid of performance and video verité, The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd introduces Carel and Ferd, a couple who allowed Ginsberg to produce an ongoing documentary record of the intimate moments of their relationship. Carel, a porn actress, and Ferd, a drug addict, invite the camera to participate in their wedding, their sex life, and their break-up. Produced before the landmark PBS documentary An American Family introduced television audiences to the live-in camera — and many decades before the ubiquity of reality television — this document raises questions about the relationship between subject and camera, privacy and manipulation. Originally presented as an installation, this one-hour version, which includes interviews with Carel, Ferd and Ginsberg, was distilled from thirty hours of footage recorded from 1970 to 1975. - Electronic Arts Intermix

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Original TitleThe Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1975-01-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 59m

Homepagehttp://www.eai.org/titles/2957

Production CompaniesVideo Data Bank,Electronic Arts Intermix

Genres

  • Documentary
  • Drama