34° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
I DID IT MY WAY: TO BE PUNK

The Blank Generation

The Blank Generation
by Amos Poe, Ivan Král
Country: USA
Year: 1976
Duration: 58'


The Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones, Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, and Blondie are some of the most famous protagonists of the musical avant-garde (and more) which is shaking New York in the mid-’70s. A series of bands which, according to some, invented punk rock. They orbit around CBGB, a historical club located in the seamy Bowery neighborhood and the cradle of a toxic, mocking new wave which will find followers throughout the world. The underground directors Amos Poe and Ivan Král film their performances, bringing to the silver screen the shockwaves agitating the nights of the Big Apple, which seems on the verge of collapsing and yet has never been so dynamic. [mp]

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).

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).

Declaration

film director

“Music is one of the primal motives behind my films, and that’s my primary motive in making movies, changing the culture that we live in. I mean if we don’t change what’s going on, then who will? With The Blank Generation, it was all happening around the corner, in the neighborhood, now it’s so much more widespread, but less intense.”
(A. Poe)

Cast

& Credits

regia, produttori/directors, producers
Amos Poe, Ivan Král
interpreti/cast
Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones, Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, Blondie, Harry Toledo, Marbles, Tuff Darts, Wayne County, Miamis, Dolls, Shirts, Hilly Krystal
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