Tommy Turner Film Collection
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The Tommy Turner Film Collection encompass the filmmaker's original film elements for "Where Evil Dwells" (1985, created in collaboration with Daid Wojnarowicz), as well as prints of "Simonland "(1984, created in collaboration with Richard Kern) and "Rat Trap" (1986, created in collaboration with Tessa Hughes-Freeland).
Biographical Note
The Tommy Turner Film Collection encompass the filmmaker's original film elements for "Where Evil Dwells" (1985, created in collaboration with Daid Wojnarowicz), as well as prints of "Simonland "(1984, created in collaboration with Richard Kern) and "Rat Trap" (1986, created in collaboration with Tessa Hughes-Freeland).
Turner was in possession of most of the materials created for "Where Evil Dwells." Unfortunately, much of the footage was lost in a fire at Turner's apartment before the film was completed. What remains is included in this collection. Among the reels is an "epic trailer" version of the film that Turner and Wojnarowicz put together. Other reels include raw footage for the project.
Scope and Contents
The Tommy Turner Film Collection consists of 28 Super8mm reels.
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Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Tommy Turner Film Collection; MSS 099; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Provenance
Films donated by Tommy Turner to Fales Library in October 2014, after being on deposit since 1999.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Access to audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room.
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Processing Information
Tommy Turner's Simonland (1984) and Rat Trap (1985), his collaboration with Tessa Hughes-Freeland, were preserved in 2015 thanks to the National Film Preservation Foundations Avante-Garde Masters award.
