ILLUMINATED HOURS: THE EARLY CINEMA OF NATHANIEL DORSKY AND JEROME HILER

ILLUMINATED HOURS: THE EARLY CINEMA OF NATHANIEL DORSKY AND JEROME HILER
EDITED BY FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA

Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler met in 1964 at the premiere of Dorsky’s first film, Ingreen. This encounter marked the beginning of a shared life and a series of creative exchanges. Covering a span of over forty years, this book brings together interviews, writings, and documents related to the 16mm films made by the two filmmakers in New York, at the country house in New Jersey where they lived in the late 1960s, and in San Francisco, where they moved in 1971 and currently reside.

This book, as well as its Spanish edition published in 2022, was made possible by the continuing and generous support of Owsley Brown III.  Thanks to: Nathaniel Dorsky, Jerome Hiler, Owsley Brown III, Tina Tom, Owsley Brown Charitable Foundation, Emmanuel Lefrant, Federico Rossin, Tillyan Bourdon, Mariya Nikiforova, Miguel Armas, Annette González Parra, Light Cone, Nina Zurier, Jon Gartenberg, The Estate of Warren Sonbert, Gartenberg Media Enterprises, Elena Duque, Gloria Vilches, Arca Puerto, César Saldaña Puerto, Miriam Campos-Quinn, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, Haden Guest, Mark Johnson, Amy J. Sloper, Harvard Film Archive, Max Goldberg, Pablo Marín, Laura I. Bernal, Marilyn Brakhage, The Estate of Stan Brakhage, Sebastian Mekas, The Estate of Jonas Mekas, Seth Mitter, Antonella Bonfanti, Steve Polta, Canyon Cinema, Anna Brufau, Filmoteca de Catalunya, The Film-Makers' Cooperative, Sheldon Henderson, Maximilien Luc Proctor, Miguel García, Martin Grennberger, Daniel A. Swarthnas, John Klacsmann, Anthology Film Archives, Frederick Eberstadt, Andrew Makowsky, Mark Birnbaum, Reed Bye, Susan Vigil, and Tony Baczewski. 

Each text is copyrighted by its author(s), except where otherwise noted in the credits on pages 250-51.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Letter to the Editors -NATHANIEL DORSKY
Interview with Jerome Hiler, Part 1 - FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA
Conversation with Nathaniel Dorsky on Ingreen, A Fall Trip Home  and Summerwind - MARK MCELHATTEN
Two Drafts of Notes on Ingreen - NATHANIEL DORSKY
Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky - FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA
Notes on Hours for Jerome - NATHANIEL DORSKY
Recollections of the Stone House - ANNE WALDMAN
Library - JEROME HILER
Letter from Jonas Mekas to Nathaniel Dorsky - JONAS MEKAS
Two Letters from Stan Brakhage to Nathaniel Dorsky - STAN BRAKHAGE
Program Notes for PFA on Nathaniel Dorsky - WARREN SONBERT
Charts for the Grass Film - NATHANIEL DORSKY
Variations on Grain - CELESTE ARAÚJO 
Notes for an Article on 17 Reasons Why - NATHANIEL DORSKY 
Sunset Sucks: Some Reasons for the Beauty of 17 Reasons Why - PABLO MARÍN 
Arcs and Rhymes: Montage as Experience in Nathaniel Dorsky's Triste and Hours for Jerome - FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA 
Heart of Glass - HADEN GUEST 
Interview with Jerome Hiler, Part 2 - FRANCISCO ALGARÍN NAVARRO AND CARLOS SALDAÑA 
Brief Ruminations on Two Films: In the Stone House and New Shores - ARINDAM SEN 
Once More to the Lake - MAX GOLDBERG 
Image and Manuscript Credits
Filmographies of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler


First American edition, 2023
Publishers and editors: Francisco Algarín Navarro and Carlos Saldaña
Translation: Matthew Gleeson and Carlos Saldaña
Copyediting and proofreading: Nick Hoff
Design: Blanca Gómez Terán and John Borruso

Cover photograph: Still of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler in Warren Sonbert's The Tenth Legion.
© 1967 by The Estate of Warren Sonbert, courtesy of Gartenberg Media Enterprises and Light Cone. 

This edition © 2023 by Asociación Lumière.
Printed in Canada 
ISBN: 978-8-4940-9766-9
256 pages · 170x240mm