Richard Kern and other "Cinema of Transgression" directors..

[vi5]

Last night I found a book I have called Deathtripping which is about Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Lydia Lunch, Beth B and most of the people involved in the transgressive cinema movement in the 80's. Talk about some weird, weird stuff. Anyone seen any of the movies/works by these people? I have some of the old Kern movies on tape and some Lydia Lunch stuff that I haven't watched in a while. Just super bizarro and great to pull out when you want to dumbfound people or make them think you are somehow mentally unbalanced.

[mitchum]

1. I recently saw a Redken Hair Care Products poster...

obviously shot by Kern. Same type of lighting, pose of the models, exposure, etc (but there were no ropes, nipple rings, or handcuffs)
I spent a large chunk of the 80s involved in Zedd's Cinema of Transgression

[vi5]

3. That's bizarre....

And I thought it was strange when he started shooting videos for major label bands.

Does Zedd do any kind of work any more? I know Kern has continued to work albeit more in photography than film, but haven't heard anything about Zedd. Granted, I haven't been keeping tabs, but still.

[mitchum]

5. Zedd is still making films...

but now they are more in the "classic downtown camp" style. Jack Smith/Kuchar references to melodramas, drag, etc.

[scottcsmith]

2. Great book series

The "Creation Cinema" series from Creation Books is awesome. Check 'em out sometime. I've read most of the books in the series. Great stuff.

http://www.creationbooks.com/frameset.asp?p=nonfiction-main.html

[vi5]

4. I've wanted to read some of the others...

But some of them have seemed a bit too on the macabre side for me. At least the current me. 5-10 years ago...now that's another story.