Gary Goldberg was an East Village underground filmmaker, artist and playwright who worked in 16mm film until his death in 2003.

In the 1970s, in addition to his paintings and conceptual art works that were exhibited and collected around the world, he did a number of "guerrilla art" pieces on the streets of Soho in New York.

He directed many of his plays in the East Village at The Theater for the New City, La Mama, and other venues.

His films have been presented at Millennium Film Workshop, the Knitting Factory, the Berlin International Film Festival, Arsenal, the Kitchen, and many American and International Festivals including Ann Arbor and the Stuttgart Film Winter – the Festival for Expanded Media.

His work was presented in a Cineprobe at the Museum of Modern art in 1995.

In 1990 he began a series of films starring Taylor Mead and Bill Rice. Together they made six films that, as a group, are called Double Trouble.    Jacob Burckhardt, Mark Baumgartener, Hapi Phace, Rachelle Star Blaxberg, and Scott Heron worked with him on some of these films.

Each of the individual works that together comprise Double Trouble are conceived around two (sometimes three) characters whose action is unsupported by dialogue. Each is a study in comic tension and resolution. The deep contrast of the black and white image and the unyielding camera frame define a proscenium for these theatrical pieces. The stylized, slow moving characterizations created by Taylor and Bill and directed by Gary Goldberg secure these films a unique place in the experimental film form.

Plates (1990) 11 min. 16mm sound.

Starring Bill Rice & Taylor Mead.

Camera/sound: Jacob Burckhardt.

“Bill serves Taylor plates.” Gary Goldberg.

"Not to be missed." - Amy Taubin, The Village Voice

"It is probably the most original, thought-provoking comedy I've ever seen." - Alexander Kogan, Films Around the World, NY

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Plates

Mesmer (1991) 10 min. 16mm sound.

Starring Bill Rice & Taylor Mead.

Camera/sound: Jacob Burckhardt.

“A hypnotic subject.” – Gary Goldberg.

“Hypnotizing. An inward journey of outer mannerisms that remains indelible.”

George Kuchar

Usher (1991) 11 min. 16mm silent.

Starring Bill Rice & Taylor Mead.

Camera: Mark Baumgartener.

“Bill plays a blind usher in an old movie theater. Taylor is a bag lady who comes to see the show.

Big Baby (1993) 20 min. 16mm sound.

Starring Bill Rice, Taylor Mead, & Hapi Phace.

Camera: Mark Baumgartener.

“Big Baby is baad.” Can be performed with live cap pistol.

Dance (1993) 18 min. 16mm sound.

Starring Bill Rice & Taylor Mead.

Camera: Mark Baumgartener.

“Two aged vaudevillians in an abandoned theater.”

Hearts (1993) 24 min. 16mm sound.

Starring Bill Rice, Taylor Mead, & Scott Heron.

Camera: Mark Baumgartener.

“Bill proposes to Taylor, with disastrous results.

Double Trouble: Total running time is 95 minutes.

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