Country: USA
Year: 1977
Duration: 90'


Biography

film director

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

Director: Amos Poe.
Screenplay: Amos Poe dal romanzo "The Outsider" di Colin Wilson.
Director assistant: Patrick Henry.
Director of photography: Chirine El Khadem (16mm, bianco e nero).
Assistente operatore: Johanna Heer.
Sound: Lorna Dune.
Music: Ivan Kral, "Funtime" è eseguita live dagli Erasers al CBGB.
Editor: Amos Poe, Johanna Heer, Mike Penland.
Art director: Sam Blank.
Parrucchiere: Francesco Clementini.
Fotografo di scena: Fernando Natalici.
Cast and characters: Eric Mitchell (Max Menace), Patti Astor (Philly Harlowe), Terens Sellers (Zasu Weather), Duncan Hannah (King Bag), Kitty Sondern (Kitbag), Steven Kramer (Jimmy Uptight), Deborah Harry (Dee Trick), Robin Critchfield (Mousebag), Anya Philips (Doll).
Production company: Amos Poe-Visions Inc.
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