Lewis Archibald interviews Arthur J. Bressan
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Title
Lewis Archibald interviews Arthur J. Bressan
Collection
Lewis Archibald collection of recorded interviews
Names
Archibald, Lewis (Interviewer)
Bressan, Arthur J (Interviewee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1985 (Questionable)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC 6403--6404
Subjects
Bressan, Arthur J
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) in motion pictures
Motion picture producers and directors
Genres
Notes
Content: Interview by Lewis Archibald, most probably conducted for the magazine "Downtown".
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from audition of original cassette.
Content: Part one includes approximately 8 minutes only (11:57-19:58) excerpt from the interview with Arthur J. Bressan; the beginning and the end of the side contain excerpts from interviews with unidentified people, first with a woman, second with a man-woman couple. An unidentified man-woman interview continues and ends on part 2.
Venue: Recorded [1985?] New York, N.Y.
Content: Archival original (2 audiocassettes ; analog, mono) available on *LTC 6403--6404.
Acquisition: Gift; Lewis Archibald; 1996 NN-RHA.
Citation/Reference: Forms part of Lewis Archibald collection of recorded interviews, *L (Special) 96-05.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 audiocassettes (approximately 127 minutes) ; analog, mono
Abstract
Lewis Archibald, a journalist who wrote for the magazine "Downtown," interviews American filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan. Bressan talks about his career after he switched from the gay pornography genre to documentary and featured films. He speaks about the drama film "Buddies" (1985), the first American feature film on the subject of the AIDS pandemic, that he directed. He also discusses the AIDS issue, and how it affected many lives of his friends and colleagues in the 1980's.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16561159
Archives ID: 20521
RLIN/OCLC: 890151974
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20291010
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 20d090d0-b7b9-0133-1317-3c07547a230f
Rights
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Lewis Archibald interviews Arthur J. Bressan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20d090d0-b7b9-0133-1317-3c07547a230f
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1985). Lewis Archibald interviews Arthur J. Bressan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20d090d0-b7b9-0133-1317-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Lewis Archibald interviews Arthur J. Bressan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20d090d0-b7b9-0133-1317-3c07547a230f
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