Bufferin: Bufferin is a short portrait film of Gerard Malanga, the poet and filmmaker who was Warhol's studio assistant from 1963 through 1967. In this film, Malanga gives a performance for Warhol's camera, reading from his diaries and poems and, in acknowledgement of Warhol's presence behind the camera, censoring his own writings by substituting the world "bufferin" for most of the proper names in his text....The film is thus not only a portrait of Malanga himself, but a kind of playful confrontation between Malanga and the filmmaker in which the complexities of their relationship become apparent. With Gerard Malanga, Rona Page. (33 mins, Color) The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico is a portrait of the band, recorded during a practice session at the Factory, apparently shot in January 1966....The music is an instrumental number; Nico, the German singer and actress whom Warhol introduced into the band, sits on a stool and bangs a tambourine, while her son Ari plays on the floor at her feet. The two reels contain a great deal of wild camerawork and psychedelic zooming, which indicates that this film was intended for exhibition, probably in double-screen, behind the Velvet Underground on stage. With Ari Boulogne, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Nico, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker; appearances by Gerard Malanga, Billy Name, Stephen Shore, Andy Warhol, the New York City police, and others. Music by the Velvet Underground. (67 mins, B&W) -Callie Angell