Blank City

Wednesday, April 6 - Thursday, May 19, 2011

“It felt like our lives were movies,” says Debbie Harry in this ode to the gritty, no-rules ’70s downtown scene, filled with rare clips from No Wave films and interviews with Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Steve Buscemi, Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore, James Nares, and more. In a broke, crime-ridden NYC, underground filmmakers, experimental musicians and cutting-edge artists created the era’s most provocative work.

• Country USA
• Language English
• Rating NR
• Running Time 94 minutes
• Website http://www.blankcityfilm.com/
• Director Celine Danhier

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