No Wave Cinema

EFA Gallery
No Wave Film Night
New York City
October 17, 2007 | 7 — 9 pm

"Three distinctive films by the director/artists Beth and Scott B and Amos Poe will be screened. These films mark the genesis of the "No Wave" or "New Cinema" film scene."

G-Man by Beth and Scott B (1978, 40 min) An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the NYC bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix. With Bill Rice and Marcia Resnick.

Letters to Dad by Beth and Scott B (1979 15 min) A litany of letters written to Jim Jones read by a cast of artists and musicians. With Arto Lindsay and Pat Place.

The Foreigner by Amos Poe (1978 60 min) An agent sent on a secret mission blindly navigates the darkened corners of New York City while thugs and counter spies shadow him and plot his demise. With Eric Mitchell, Patti Astor, Anya Phillips, The Cramps and The Erasers.

Primarily seen as an art movement, No Wave or New Cinema flourished in the Lower East Side between the years 1976 and 1984. Each film, shot on super-8 and then transferred and edited on video, was a collaborative effort between artists, filmmakers, actors, and musicians. By mimicking B-movie narratives, these underground films set themselves apart from the structuralist films of the time and are predecessors of today's "indies.""

[Image: Amos Poe: The Foreigner from EFA Gallery mailing]