StyleKouncil‘s Kat Yeh points us to a trailer for Blank City, a new documentary about the New York City underground film scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. What an amazing, inspiring, gritty, and creative period that must have been. From the film description:
Directed by French newcomer Céline Danhier, BLANK CITY weaves together an oral history of the “No Wave Cinema” and “Cinema of Transgression” movements through compelling interviews with the luminaries who began it all. Featured players include acclaimed directors Jim Jarmusch and John Waters, actor-writer-director Steve Buscemi, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, hip-hop legend Fab 5 Freddy, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, photographer Richard Kern as well as Amos Poe, James Nares, Eric Mitchell, Susan Seidelman, Beth B, Scott B, Charlie Ahearn and Nick Zedd. Fittingly, the soundtrack includes: Patti Smith, Television, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Contortions, The Bush Tetras, Sonic Youth and many more.
Blank City (film site)
“Blank Generation, Blank City,” interviews with director Céline Danhier, Pat Place, and Amos Poe (WNYC)