The Blank Generation

The Blank Generation is the earliest of the published DIY "home movies" of New York punk's birth. It was filmed by No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe and Ivan Kral, legendary 1970s guitarist with Iggy Pop, Blondie and Patti Smith.[2]

For other uses, see Blank Generation.
The Blank Generation
Directed byIvan Kral
Amos Poe
Produced byIvan Kral
Amos Poe
StarringPatti Smith Group
Television
Ramones
The Heartbreakers
Talking Heads
Blondie
Edited byAmos Poe
Ivan Kral
Production
company
Poe Productions
Distributed byNew Line Cinema[1]
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Directors and producers Ivan Kral and No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe use behind-the-scenes footage of punk musicians before they became icons.[3][4]

The film includes footage of Blondie, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, The Shirts, and Robert Gordon as visitors to New York's CBGB's.

Production

Film locations include Max's Kansas City, The Bottom Line, Bowery, and the Lower East Side. Legal disputes between Poe and Krall prevented the former's name to appear in the credits after the latter owned the copyright to said film in the years after it's initial release.[5]

Reception

Dave Kehr of The Chicago Reader called this "New wave's answer to The T.A.M.I. Show".[6] while Time Out New York put it at #89 on their list of the 100 Best NY Movies.[7]

Cast

Musicians featured in the film include: Joey Ramone, Debbie Harry, Richard Hell, Patti Smith, Johnny Thunders, David Byrne, Tom Verlaine, David Johansen, Wayne County, Tommy Ramone, Lenny Kaye, Dee Dee Ramone, Chris Stein, Fred Smith, Johnny Ramone, Ivan Kral, Robert Gordon, Richard Lloyd, Tina Weymouth, Walter Lure, Jeff Salen, Annie Golden, Jayne County, Chris Frantz, Jimmy Destri, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Gary Valentine, Clem Burke, Arthur Kane, Syl Sylvain, Jerry Nolan, Jay Dee Daugherty, Richard Sohl, Billy Ficca, Hilly Kristal and more.

References
  1. Turner Classic Movies
  2. museum of arts and design
  3. Digitally Obsessed - March 14, 2010
  4. Goldmine - August 21, 2009
  5. His Film Is a Punk Classic, but the Credits Now Roll Without Him - The New York Times
  6. Chicago Reader
  7. Time Out New York

See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.