Angels: Tour of the Vultures (Peter Dizozza, 1976) is an expressionist
documentary consolidating 16mm footage shot in 1976 with the footage found in
the large film canister pictured at the beginning of the film. Except for the
shot of the vultures descending, from "Diane in Africa" (Sigourney
Weaver played her in a movie), all footage was either shot by Dizozza and
collaborators Jeff Marino, Louis
Filosa, Mark Logan and Eddie
Dimaio, or was
taken from that canister. The canister came into Jeff's possession
upon the death of his grandfather -- his father's father. Three
generations of his family appear in the film as he and his friends stand at the
crossroads to college and the future.
"A bourgeois product of potsmoking teenagers, Angels: Tour of the Vultures
follows the footsteps of our forefathers into days of futures past, highlighting
beautiful scenery, attractive individuals and medical footage some find
educational" Mary Farble, Expansion Press
from
the Early Cinema VII Library
