1° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Homage to Amos Poe

The Blank Generation

The Blank Generation
by Amos Poe, Ivan Král
Country: USA
Year: 1975
Duration: 55'


Live show of the following performers: Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones, Talking Heads, Wayne County and The Electric Chair, Blondie, The Heartbreakers, Harry Toledo, Marbles, Tuff Darts, The Shirts, Miamis, New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Hilly Kristal.
Traduzione in inglese Silvia Cometti / English translation by Silvia Cometti

Biography

film director

Ivan Král

Ivan Král (Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1948) is a musician, producer, soundtrack composer and director. With Amos Poe he co-directed the documentaries Night Lunch (1976) and The Blank Generation (1976). He has cut solo records and has also collaborated with artists such as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, John Cale, David Bowie, Pearl Jam and U2.

FILMOGRAFIA

Ivan Král:
Iggy and the Stooges Live at Academy of Music New York City (cm, 2011).

Amos Poe, Ivan Král:
Night Lunch (doc., 1975), The Blank Generation (doc., 1976).

Amos Poe

Amos Poe (Tel Aviv, Israel, 1950) is considered one of the founders of No Wave Cinema. Films of his belonging to this movement include the documentary Night Lunch (co-directed with Ivan Král, 1975), his first feature film Unmade Beds (1976), The Blank Generation (1976), The Foreigner (1978) and Subway Rider (1981). In 1984 he directed Alphabet City, still his most famous movie.

FILMOGRAFIA

Amos Poe:
Unmade Beds (1976), The Foreigner (1978), Subway Rider (1981), Alphabet City (id., 1984), Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991), Dead Weekend (tv, 1995), Frogs for Snakes (Delitti d’autore, 1998), Just an American Boy (doc., 2003), Empire II (2007), La commedia di Amos Poe (2010), A Walk in the Park (doc., 2012), Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2015).

Amos Poe, Ivan Král:
Night Lunch (doc., 1975), The Blank Generation (doc., 1976).

Cast

& Credits

Directed by: Amos Poe and Ivan Kral;

Cinematography: Amos Poe (16mm, black and white);

Music: recordings of the bands in the movie, asynchronous;

Editing: Amos Poe and Ivan Kral;

Producer: Amos Poe and Ivan Kral;

Country: USA, 1975-1976;

Running time: 55 minutes.

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