ROADKILL: THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN MARTIN Production: USA, 1989 Director: Jim Van Bebber Category: Psycho-Killer Vicious short on an Ed Gein theme, with a cannibal psycho who makes nude girls hop around in a cage over the gas-rings while he trucidates their boyfriends. Shot with Van Bebber’s customary verve, Continue Reading
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NAZI TORTURE CASTLE
NAZI TORTURE CASTLE Production: USA, c.1975 Director: John Prince Category: Bondage A classic bondage/torture film from John and Cindy Prince; as in all of their 16mm works, Cindy is the girl who falls into enemy hands and is subjected to brutal bondage and domination. In Nazi Torture Castle, she plays a CIA Continue Reading
NAKED LUNCH + 2
NAKED LUNCH Production: UK, c.1964-72 Creators: Antony Balch & Brion Gysin Category: Unfilmed Project Around 1964, Antony Balch and Brion Gysin made the first draft of a film script based on William S. Burroughs’ novel Naked Lunch. Over subsequent years the script underwent several revisions, with text by Gysin and storyboards Continue Reading
LA LUNE DES LAPINS
LA LUNE DES LAPINS (“Rabbits’ Moon”) Production: France/USA, 1950-79 Director: Kenneth Anger Category: Lunar Fantasy A lunar dream utilizing the classic pantomime figure of Pierrot in an encounter with a prankish, enchanted Magic Lantern. La Lune Des Lapins was the first film attempted by Kenneth Anger after he moved from America to Paris Continue Reading
POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL
POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL Production: USA, 1965 Director: Andy Warhol Category: Underground The definitive Edie Sedgewick vehicle. Sedgewick was a socialite and heiress from one of the oldet families in America; she first started hanging out at Warhol’s Factory early in 1965, and made brief, non-speaking appearances in the films Continue Reading
STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH
STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH Production: USA, 1958-60 Director: Ken Jacobs Category: Experimental At 120 minutes in its first incarnation, Star Spangled To Death remains underground director Jacobs’ key work. It stars fellow film-maker Jack Smith alongside Jerry Sims, and was shot in various New York locations, including the roof of a West Side Continue Reading