Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 21, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $34.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
The colorful "No Wave" cinema movement is explored in Blank City.
The 2010 documentary Blank City chronicles the “No Wave” and “Cinema of Transgression” film movements that emerged in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a time of cheap rent, excessive drug use and unbridled ambition.
In the movie, first-time director Celine Danhier examines the rise of the D.I.Y. independent filmmaking trend and its roots in the punk music, avant-garde art and cult cinema of the era.
In addition to a slew of archival footage, the film features new and vintage interviews with such filmmakers as Jim Jarmusch (Stranger Than Paradise), Nick Zedd (Geek Maggot Bingo), Lizzie Borden (Born in Flames), Amos Poe (Alphabet City) and John Waters (Desperate Living), performance artists Ann Magnusum and Lydia Lunch, actor Steve Buscemi (TV’s Boardwalk Empire) and musicians Debbie Harry and John Lurie.
The well-reviewed Blank City received a limited run in theaters in the U.S. in April 2011, following a slew of screenings at film festivals in the U.S. and Europe.
Check out the way-cool trailer:
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