MetaFilter posts tagged with sidlaverents

The Sid Saga ends

fungible — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:29:15 -0800

Sid Laverents dead at 100. Indie filmmaking original, prolific mad genius. previously

Multiple SIDosis

UKnowForKids — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:34:54 -0800

Multiple SIDosis is nine minutes and seven seconds of pure joy. We discussed Sid Laverents four years ago, but since then, his masterwork, Multiple SIDosis, has appeared on YouTube. I had the pleasure of attending a screening of four of Mr. Laverents' short films at last weekend's fantastic Wisconsin Film Festival, and thought this film was worth sharing. There's a lot of context for Mr. Laverents' career in the previous Metafilter post, if you're curious. A former vaudeville performer who specialized in the one-man band, he's turning 100 this year, and still making VHS and DVD transfers of his films himself (although his email address seems to be defunct). An autobiography, The First 90 Years are the Hardest, is also available. Enjoy!

Sid Laverents. He was very busy!

the biscuit man — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:45:47 -0800

Sid Laverents has been making witty and humorous films since 1966. In 2000, Multiple Sidosity was the first, amateur-made film selected to be placed in The Library of Congress's National Film Registry. His latest, The Sid Saga, is also his autobiography and at the age of 95 remains busy, self-distributing his work. (via Low Culture)