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NO WAVE CINEMA & CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION. presented by kayla milligan. 1976 – 1984, NYC B orn on the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side A bare bones approach to guerrilla filmmaking which placed importance on mood and texture above all else - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NO WAVE CINEMA & CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSIONpresented by kayla
milligan
Born on the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side
A bare bones approach to guerrilla filmmaking which placed importance on mood and texture above all else
Takes inspiration from the films of Andy Warhol, John Waters, Jack Smith, and the French New Wave
Eric Mitchell’s
NO WAVE CINEMA
Combines a loose narrative form with abrasive imagery, free from the constraints of the formal art scene at the time
No Wave was fast and cheap – equipment was often stolen, friends played the actors, and wherever the filmmaker stood was the set
Collaboration and availabilism were central
Jim Jarmusch’s
Stranger Than Paradise
NO WAVE CINEMA
Filmmakers most associated with No Wave Cinema include Richard Kern, Eric Mitchell, Amos Poe, Jim Jarmusch, Charlie Ahearn, and Nick Zedd.
Stranger Than Paradise Trailer (1984) dir. Jim Jarmusch. A No Wave film that broke into the mainstream and won the “Golden Camera” at the Cannes Film Festival.
Blank City Trailer (2010) dir. Celine Danhier. A documentary chronicling the No Wave era of filmmaking featuring clips from its most important films and interviews with prominent figures of the movement.
DEBBIE HARRY: NO WAVE QUEEN
“It felt like our lives were movies.”
– Debbie Harry
Unmade Beds Trailer (1976) dir. Amos Poe
The Foreigner Trailer (1978) dir. Amos Poe
NICK ZEDD: FATHER OF TRANSGRESSION
In 1985, a new type of filmmaking had begun to further push the boundaries of independent filmmaking in NYC. Spawned from the No Wave movement, Transgression Cinema’s sole purpose was to shock the viewer with a combination of violence, sex, horror, and a dose of black humor.
The term “transgression” was coined by filmmaker Nick Zedd. To him, the Transgression movement was about transcending all moral and aesthetical boundaries.
NICK ZEDD: FATHER OF TRANSGRESSION
“There will be blood, shame, pain and ecstasy, the likes of which no one has yet imagined!” - Nick Zedd
The Cinema of Transgression Manifesto was written by Zedd, under the pseudonym Orion Jeriko, and was first published in his Underground Film Bulletin.
CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION
Produced with the same low-budget techniques, cheap equipment, and skeleton crews as No Wave films
Common themes include social hardship and sociopolitical indifference
Though relatively unknown at the time, Transgression Cinema has become a major influence to artist that came later
CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION
WEB SOURCES
Born on the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side
A bare bones approach to guerrilla filmmaking which placed importance on mood and texture above all else
Takes inspiration from the films of Andy Warhol, John Waters, Jack Smith, and the French New Wave
Eric Mitchell’s
NO WAVE CINEMA
Combines a loose narrative form with abrasive imagery, free from the constraints of the formal art scene at the time
No Wave was fast and cheap – equipment was often stolen, friends played the actors, and wherever the filmmaker stood was the set
Collaboration and availabilism were central
Jim Jarmusch’s
Stranger Than Paradise
NO WAVE CINEMA
Filmmakers most associated with No Wave Cinema include Richard Kern, Eric Mitchell, Amos Poe, Jim Jarmusch, Charlie Ahearn, and Nick Zedd.
Stranger Than Paradise Trailer (1984) dir. Jim Jarmusch. A No Wave film that broke into the mainstream and won the “Golden Camera” at the Cannes Film Festival.
Blank City Trailer (2010) dir. Celine Danhier. A documentary chronicling the No Wave era of filmmaking featuring clips from its most important films and interviews with prominent figures of the movement.
DEBBIE HARRY: NO WAVE QUEEN
“It felt like our lives were movies.”
– Debbie Harry
Unmade Beds Trailer (1976) dir. Amos Poe
The Foreigner Trailer (1978) dir. Amos Poe
NICK ZEDD: FATHER OF TRANSGRESSION
In 1985, a new type of filmmaking had begun to further push the boundaries of independent filmmaking in NYC. Spawned from the No Wave movement, Transgression Cinema’s sole purpose was to shock the viewer with a combination of violence, sex, horror, and a dose of black humor.
The term “transgression” was coined by filmmaker Nick Zedd. To him, the Transgression movement was about transcending all moral and aesthetical boundaries.
NICK ZEDD: FATHER OF TRANSGRESSION
“There will be blood, shame, pain and ecstasy, the likes of which no one has yet imagined!” - Nick Zedd
The Cinema of Transgression Manifesto was written by Zedd, under the pseudonym Orion Jeriko, and was first published in his Underground Film Bulletin.
CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION
Produced with the same low-budget techniques, cheap equipment, and skeleton crews as No Wave films
Common themes include social hardship and sociopolitical indifference
Though relatively unknown at the time, Transgression Cinema has become a major influence to artist that came later
CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION
WEB SOURCES
