Cinéclub Podcast #2: Jeff Keen
Cine Blatz, Meatdaze, Kino Stacatto, Pulverised Cinema. These are just a few of the mysterious titles from the sprawling filmography of Jeff Keen, the Brighton-based experimental filmmaker and artist, whose career spanned from the late 1950s to his death in 2012.
In Jeff’s films friends and family adopt star personas yanked from Hollywood B-movies, creation and destruction intermingle and, typically, everything moves at a breakneck pace. This podcast explores Jeff’s life and work in film and beyond, including his experiences in the Second World War; his involvement in the swinging scene surrounding Better Books in the 1960s; his love of Hollywood; and his collaboration with his wife, Jackie.
You can find the podcast on the following platforms;
This podcast includes contributions from Stella Keen, Jeff’s daughter, and gallerist John Marchant, who recently hosted a show of Jeff’s work at his Brighton gallery.
You can email me at atthecineclub@gmail.com.
Show notes
Links to some of Jeff’s films:
Marvo Movie (1967)
Cineblatz (1967)
White Lite (1968)
Rayday Film (1968-76)
Jeff Keen Films (Channel 4 documentary on Jeff, 1983)
Other links
Gazwrx, BFI box set of Jeff’s films