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==Film, television and music== Over seven hours of videos with Ray were created by Nicholas Maravell in the late 1980s. Ray greatly enjoyed the creative process of making them and liked viewing them. Ray had wanted the videos to be played at his final scheduled gallery exhibition but at the last minute he had reason to cancel that show and he asked that the videos not be shown. These wishes were honored after Ray's death even when the gallery owner tried repeatedly to have Maravell show them. Portions of the videos have been used by several filmmakers. A Sampler of them played at Ray's Whitney Museum retrospective after Ray's death. Robert Rodger created a website to honor and help share these videos. Following his suicide, filmmakers [[Andrew L. Moore|Andrew Moore]] and John Walter (in conjunction with [[Frances Beatty]] of [[Richard L. Feigen]] & Co.) spent six years probing the mysteries of Johnson's life and art. Their collaboration yielded the award-winning documentary ''[[How to Draw a Bunny]]'', released in 2002. The film includes interviews with artists Chuck Close, James Rosenquist, Billy Name, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Judith Malina, and many others.<ref name="blackmountain">{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/programs/past/138-how-to-draw-a-bunny|title=How to draw a bunny by John Walter and Andrew Moore}}</ref> The [[Manic Street Preachers]] wrote and recorded a song about Johnson, titled "Locust Valley." Released as a B-side on the "[[Found That Soul]]" single (2001), "Locust Valley" describes Johnson as "famously unknown/elusive and dismantled". [[John Cale]]'s song "Hey Ray" from the ''[[Extra Playful]]'' EP (2011) is about Cale's encounters with Johnson in New York during the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SiC8GrTtes&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXc9knIMP-EqofBVmngBld7D| title = Hey Ray| author = John Cale| date = February 9, 2011| access-date = March 13, 2012| publisher = YouTube.com}}</ref><ref name="heyray">{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/07147-john-cale-interview-velvet-underground|title=The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | A Will Of Iron: John Cale Interviewed|website=The Quietus}}</ref> Canadian art rock band [[Women (band)|Women]]'s 2010 album ''[[Public Strain]]'' includes two songs that directly reference Ray Johnson. Locust Valley is the town where Johnson lived in New York State. Venice Lockjaw is a phrase Johnson incorporated in pins that he made to be given away at the Ubi Fluxus ibi Motus exhibit in 1990 at the [[Venice Biennale]]. Their 2008 album ''[[Women (album)|Women]]'' also featured a song called Sag Harbor Bridge, referencing the place of Johnson's death.
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