I had not seen any films from the New York No Wave scene so thought that this DVD would be a good place to start. Zero budget films devoid of any ideas other than trying to shock, starting in the 80s, after John Waters, Jodorowsky, Salo, the Mondo genre and Giallo films this ‘cinema of transgression’ was already tame and dull when it was released. The only good thing about these films was the soundtracks, featuring bands like The Swans and Foetus. Taking the form of clips and talking heads, the two directors primarily associated with the scene, Nick Zedd and Richard Kern are featured heavily and are the focus of the film, with the other interviewees including actress and musician Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore of frequent soundtrack contributors Sonic Youth and artist Joe Coleman. Zedd is arrogant, self-important, pretentious, stupid and stuck in adolescence. Everyone else is slightly less moronic though none offer anything particularly interesting. A number of directors associated with this ‘movement’, while clips are shown, are neither particularly discussed nor interviewed.
1/5
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