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>something like garage band rock and roll, movies made on a shoestring,
>perhaps with no real distribution, and expressing a posture of personal
>rebellion . . .
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I'd associate that and the term with a group East Village filmmakers of
the late 70s and early 80s like Scott and Beth B, Eric Mitchell, Amos
Poe, and Vivienne Dick, who mainly worked in sych sound super-8 and
mainly showed their films in clubs rather than avant-garde film spaces.
More associated with the no-wave music scene than first generation NY
punk and often used musicians like Lydia Lunch as actors. Their films
tended to use a static Warhol-like style and have a noirish-type
atmosphere. Aside from Poe's The Blank Generation -- more a music film
than a narrative -- these films aren't available as far as I know so I'm
not sure that your student is likely to be aware of this. I've always
assumed that Jarmusch, who had a band playing in some of the same clubs
at the time, was influenced by this stuff though I can't remember
anything where he discusses it.
j
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