Margaret Bodde, Executive Director of The Film Foundation, shared a personal message from film director Martin Scorsese about the event. In 1990, Scorsese founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation.

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"The Secret Cinema" was restored in 2017 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, and premiered on September 9, 2017 at The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The restored print has been screened again at the Paul Bartel Tribute on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Anthology Film Archives, where Bob Schulenberg was part of the post-screening panel.

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Martin Scorsese was invited to the dual event. Due to the fact that he was in production, he was unable to attend.

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Quote by Martin Scorsese:

 

 

"I met Paul Bartel back in the sixties when his “Secret Cinema” played NYFF then later in LA with Roger Corman. Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson, Jonathan Kaplan and Joe Dante were also making pictures for Roger. In 1976, I had a small part (with Sly Stallone) in a picture that Paul directed, Cannonball, which was a sequel to his earlier Death Race 2000. I had firsthand experience of his great talent and his wonderful sense of satire as a filmmaker, both of which blossomed in the eighties with pictures like Eating Raoul (in which he co-starred with Mary Woronov) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.

I’m so happy that The Film Foundation was able to help the Academy Film Archive with the restoration of Paul’s very first film, The Secret Cinema, and I need to thank my friend George Lucas for providing invaluable funding for the project. I’m especially pleased that this very special picture is kicking off the Anthology Film Archives tribute. I can’t think of a better place to celebrate the work of my old friend, Paul Bartel".

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Week-long career retrospective of independent film pioneer PAUL BARTEL (1938-2000) at Anthology Film Archives in New York City -- the first such tribute to this beloved American director, actor and writer. From his intriguing early shorts to his work with Roger Corman in the 1970s,  to his last films as producer-director, we shined the spotlight on this influential yet under-appreciated voice in the development of American film comedy.

THE FILMS OF PAUL BARTEL explored his taste for farce, black humor and satire reflected in such films as EATING RAOUL (1982), PRIVATE PARTS (1972), DEATH RACE 2000 (1975) and SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS (1989). The film event screened most all of his films on 35mm and gathered cast members, family, friends and the author of a new biography of Paul Bartel, Stephen Armstrong ("Paul Bartel: The Life and Films " 2016) to Anthology for post-screening discussions.

As a companion event, a gallery show of drawings and photographs by Bartel's close friend, the renowned illustrator BOB SCHULENBERG, took place at the Patrick Parrish Gallery in Tribeca, Oct. 12-20. Entitled "Bob Schulenberg: The Secret Cinema" the exhibit displayed Schulenberg's captivating drawings of the people involved in the making of THE SECRET CINEMA (1968), which Bob co-produced.

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The retrospective had the goal to introduce a new generation of filmmakers and those passionate about cinema to the career of Paul Bartel, giving them a rare opportunity to see his experimental early shorts, unreleased or out-of-print films and titles that were never on any home video formats. Post-screening discussions with Bartel's frequent players, associates, friends and family explored his legacy and development as a director and his influence on younger generations of directors.

The gallery show -- Bob Schulenberg: The Secret Cinema -- curated and designed by Andrea Salvini, unfolded never-before-exhibited vintage drawings, photos and memorabilia by this important artist, offering a glimpse into a heady, storied era: Manhattan in the mid-1960s. It's the visual diary of an era, and of the lifelong friendship between Schulenberg and Bartel.

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The combined event, was a cultural initiative meant to promote and increase awareness about preserving and restoring films. The entire event has been taped and documented in order to create an oral history for future generations.

 

Patrick Parrish Gallery's Press Release:

http://www.patrickparrish.com/contemporary/exhibitions/exhibition/70

 

Anthology Film Archives' Press Release:

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/48031

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Link to post screening Q&A videos

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