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Deathtripping - by Jack Sargeant (Paperback)

Name: Deathtripping - by Jack Sargeant (Paperback)
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This exhaustive study focuses on the New York filmmakers that coalesced around the radical manifesto espoused by downtown filmmaker Nick Zedd: "none shall emerge unscathed" Placing their work within the wider alternative film and downtown post-punk scenes, Deathtripping offers detailed analyses of the movement's films alongside interviews with the filmmakers and their collaborators, including Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Tommy Turner, Beth B, Joe Coleman, and Lydia Lunch.
About the Author: Jack Sargeant is a writer whose books include Flesh & Excess, Against Control, Deathtripping, Naked Lens, as well as a curator and film-programmer.
286 Pages
Performing Arts, Film

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About the Book

This exhaustive study focuses on the New York filmmakers that coalesced around the radical manifesto espoused by downtown filmmaker Nick Zedd: "none shall emerge unscathed." Placing their work within the wider alternative film and downtown post-punk scenes, "Deathtripping" offers detailed analyses of the movement's films alongside interviews with the filmmakers and their collaborators, including Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Tommy Turner, Beth B, Joe Coleman, and Lydia Lunch. Also discussed are seminal influences such as the Kuchar brothers, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol as well as the history of underground and trash cinema.

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This exhaustive study focuses on the New York filmmakers that coalesced around the radical manifesto espoused by downtown filmmaker Nick Zedd: "none shall emerge unscathed"

Placing their work within the wider alternative film and downtown post-punk scenes, Deathtripping offers detailed analyses of the movement's films alongside interviews with the filmmakers and their collaborators, including Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Tommy Turner, Beth B, Joe Coleman, and Lydia Lunch. Also discussed are seminal influences such as the Kuchar brothers, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol, as well as the history of underground and trash cinema.

About the Author

Jack Sargeant is a writer whose books include Flesh & Excess, Against Control, Deathtripping, Naked Lens, as well as a curator and film-programmer. He lives in Australia.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.68 Inches (H) x 5.75 Inches (W) x .76 Inches (D)

Weight: .64 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 286

Genre: Performing Arts

Sub-Genre: Film

Publisher: Soft Skull

Theme: History & Criticism

Format: Paperback

Author: Jack Sargeant

Language: English

Street Date: November 1, 2007

TCIN: 87454599

UPC: 9781933368955

Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-7565

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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