Almost Gone (2005)
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Almost Gone is a visual journey through what remained of Bethlehem Steel's historic Lehigh plant on the day that Bethlehem Steel Corporation officially dissolved on December 31st, 2003.
Almost Gone takes the viewer down deep into the twisted labyrinth of the blast furnaces, the forlorn recesses of abandoned locker rooms and into the massive, gaping foundries where America forged its mighty weapons in the wars of yesteryear. Photography is by Marc Reed - a First Place winner in the 2005 and 2006 SouthSide Photography Contest in the "Lehigh Valley Industrial Heritage" category. Almost Gone runs 20:36 minutes in length. The DVD is available from The Garden Bay Films Store. Produced and Directed by Marc Reed and Richard Behrens |
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The Lizzie Borden Documentary Project (2008-2010)
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The Films of Marc Reed |  |
Marc Reed is a painter, photographer, film maker, graphic designer, urban explorer and part-time contributor to Garden Bay Films. Back in 2004, his award-winning documentary photography exhibit on the ruins of Bethlehem Steel caught the eye of Richard Behrens, and became the basis of Garden Bay Films' first film project: Almost Gone.
Marc Reed continues to support Garden Bay Films and create his own unique documentary shorts, and we are pleased to showcase them here. Two of his recent works may be viewed in their entirety below.
For more information on Mr. Reed and his work, please visit his personal website: www.marcreed.com.
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In 1979, an investigation into a large and notorious asylum revealed a system of criminal abuse and neglect that resulted in a court mandate to close the facility. What makes this case so chilling is that this was an asylum for children. In Abuse and Neglect, producer and director Marc Reed revisits the old asylum as it is today - after more than two decades of neglect - and retraces the steps of those who lived its horrors.
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The Paper Mill (2007)
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The theme of industrial abandonment is explored again as Marc Reed uses timelapse photography techniques to record a day in the life of an abandoned New Jersey paper mill.
Produced and Directed by Marc Reed. Original soundtrack by Billy Atwell. |
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Upcoming Projects | |
The Harry Smith Documentary Project (2009-2010)
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This unnamed project will trace the threads of meaning and pattern throughout his various art forms: paintings, experimental film, writings and the various collections (such as string art and paper airplanes) that collectively formulates a psychic exploration of our own transpersonal magics. Produced and directed by Richard Behrens |
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Six Experimental Shorts (2009)
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Circassian Freak Show Women, Nepalese Temples and howler monkeys, solar flares in the solitude of space, ancient entities haunting Jersey City, the way to destruction given over the radio on a remote 1980 evening. Featuring the lost soundscapes of Body Without Organs, Tibetan Bowls, Current 93 and other ethereal whisperings. Compiled and/or Composed by Richard Behrens. |
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Music For Twilight, written and Directed by Richard Behrens, will trace the life, career and lingering legacy of this special artist. |
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