Notable Films

In the treacherous time where Super 8, before the hip hug of hum from independent film, there was something known as Underground Cinema. Before the sickening sludge that is Social Media, cultural movements were fiercely grounded in geography, not the virus that is the “viral” from the virtual. New York City, downtown Manhattan, in the late 70’s and early 80’s, was the menacing vanguard for what appeared to be the future of filmmaking. Here, Blank City spins the story , of which had been long the wait, of radical renegade filmakers broke like jokes at a dubious period in NY history. This movement of punk rock filmmaking had not been documented until French director Celine Danhier emerged to showcase the “No Wave Cinema” and “Cinema Of Trangsgression” movements. Inspirations are evident and nodding to Film Noir, French New Wave, Warhol, and John Waters. Filmmakers: Jim Jarmusch, Eric Mitchell, Beth B, Charlie Ahear, Lizzie Borden and Amos Poe feature the glowing grit and attest to the ascending East Village art and rock scenes and the inception of hip hop. With their films, the lines of reality blur…short, long, color, black and white…all gems of beauty and dissonance…

But enough Yaking. Watch this film!

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