Casandra Stark

Blank City

Celine Danhier

Amos Poe, Ann Magnuson

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.

We Are Not To Blame

Casandra Stark

Laura Mae Jesson, Richard Kern

The apparent strangeness of two sisters becomes easily understood as they wreak appropriate revenge on one of their abusive husbands, by tying him up and imprisoning him on their rooftop. They slowly descend into madness as Stark wraps her head in bandages and paints her face white while clutching a baby doll.

X Is Y

Richard Kern

Tomoyo, Jacqui O

Experimental film consisting of images of young women handling automatic handguns and rifles.

Submit to Me Now

Richard Kern

Lung Leg, Amy Turner

Sadomasochistic images of self-mutilation.

Go to Hell

Nick Zedd, David Rutsala

Nick Zedd, Casandra Stark

A junkie wakes up on the streets and walks around, seeing a woman dressed in all white and a heroin addict shooting up.

Wrecked on Cannibal Island

Casandra Stark

Jack Natz, Casandra Stark

Casandra and Natz pose as a couple locked in a domestic dispute documenting the futility of human relationships and the pointlessness of love.

Dead On My Arm

Casandra Stark

No Wave film.