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Ira Cohen

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Ira Cohen

Born February 3, 1935 · The Bronx, New York

Died April 25, 2011 · aged 76

Ira Cohen was an American poet, publisher, photographer and filmmaker. Cohen lived in Morocco and in New York City in the 1960s, he was in Kathmandu in the 1970s and traveled the world in the 1980s, before returning to New York, where he spent the rest of his life.

Known For

Brain DamageBrain Damage · 2006
Brain Damage
★ 5.02006
Movie
A new film directed by Ira Cohen and produced by BASTET created from never-before-seen original 16mm outtakes, featuring a new soundtrack composed by Will Swofford with the Expanded Instrument System
The Stone AgeThe Stone Age · 1970
The Stone Age
1970
Movie
"The question is, it is either going to be a stoned age or a new Stone Age" - Louis Brigante
The Invasion of Thunderbolt PagodaThe Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda · 1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
★ 6.01968
MovieFantasy
At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.
Played for Real - Ira CohenPlayed for Real - Ira Cohen · 2006
Played for Real - Ira Cohen
2006
MovieDocumentary
A short documentary on Ira Cohen.
Paradise Now: The Living Theater in AmerikaParadise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika · 1969
Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika
★ 6.01969
MovieDocumentaryDrama
A harrowing, gorgeous, in-your-face-and-mind 45-minute black-and-white film by Marty Topp, produced by Ira Cohen for Universal Mutant. “Marty Topp’s beautiful film of ‘Paradise Now’ reveals how the theories of revolutionary change and the experience of sexual liberation are not separate paths to the beautiful nonviolent anarchist revolution. Practiced together they are a single thrust, encompassing both political action and sensual joy, leading to the dreamed-of terrestrial paradise.
Kings With Straw MatsKings With Straw Mats · 1986
Kings With Straw Mats
★ 5.01986
Movie
Filmmaker and poet Cohen gets close to one of India's greatest sacred celebrations, the Kumbh Mela. Taking place only once every 12 years, this gathering of holy men is surreal, passionate, and slightly mad.

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