by Wiley, Dorothy; Raffael, Reuben Beau; Canyon Cinema
VHS / 1973
TitleMiss Jesus fries on grill
Item typeVHS
Author(s)
  • Wiley, Dorothy
  • Raffael, Reuben Beau
ImprintUnited States Canyon Cinema, 1973
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
NotesPacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.
Physical description1 reel of 1 (12 min.) (Digital Betacam NTSC) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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Date text: 
1973
Author: 
Wiley, DorothyRaffael, Reuben Beau
Publisher: 
Canyon Cinema
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngma 2200337Ka 4500 001 187305273 005 20080104 TAPE OCLC0104: 0075 007 vf czahou 008 080107s1973 xxu012 vleng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 080107 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080606 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)15381 035 GLADN17667313 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 090 |b0504-01-12863 245 00 Miss Jesus fries on grill|h[videorecording] /|cDorothy Wiley. 257 United States. 260 United States :|bCanyon Cinema,|c[1973]. 300 1 reel of 1 (12 min.) (Digital Betacam NTSC) :|bsd., col. ;|c1/2 in. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CUY. 511 1 Reuben Beau Raffael. 520 "MISS JESUS FRIES ON GRILL is a mysterious striking evocation of pain and the short-circuiting sensations of living in this predicament of death. It is a short film and again the color is fine and sharp as a good paring knife. Beginning with a newspaper clipping, written in a remarkably detailed manner of a bizarre accident in which a Miss Jesus was killed when a car smashed into the cafe where she was eating. The impact threw her on the grill, heated to 500 degrees. Cut to close-up of a baby being bathed in sink, screaming in silence. Then music box tinkles, but it is being wound too fast and the melody careens about in an insane manner and loudly. A voice recounts the old parochial school chestnut about St. Laurence, the martyr who was killed by roasting, and his rejoinder to his killer, 'Turn me over. I think I'm done on this side.' The voice wonders if Miss Jesus knew the story. The image of the baby continues, bathing, nursing, falling asleep. It is impossible to convey the combination of counterpointing feelings this film arouses. Like all great art, it is mysterious in its working. Dorothy Wiley has such a clear but tender eye for life. Tender, not sentimental. MISS JESUS is a simply constructed, highly poetical film." - Mike Reynolds, Berkeley Barb 538 Digital Betacam NTSC. 655 7 Personal/independent works.|2mim 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 700 1 Wiley, Dorothy. 700 1 Raffael, Reuben Beau. 710 2 Canyon Cinema. 935 GLADN17667313 941 0 PFA 0504-01-12863. PFA collection acquisition; film-to- tape transfer of preservation print #3 at D0232 with funds from an NFPF Lab Partnership Grant; 2006/11/28 946 PFA 0504-01-12863. 01-12863 946 PFA 0504-01-12863. Record created 2008/01/04 by sw. 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 02|bCUY