Cinema of Transgression

The Cinema of Transgression is a term coined by Nick Zedd in 1985 to describe a New York City, United States based underground film movement, consisting of a loose-knit group of like-minded artists using shock value and humor in their work. Key players in this movement were Nick Zedd, Kembra Pfahler, Casandra Stark, Beth B, Tommy Turner, Richard Kern and Lydia Lunch, who in the late 1970s and mid 1980s began to make very low budget films using cheap 8 mm cameras.

An important essay outlining Zedd's philosophy on the Cinema of Transgression is the Cinema of Transgression Manifesto,^[1] published pseudonymously in the Underground Film Bulletin (1984–90).

See also

• Cinema of the world
• No Wave Cinema
• Transgressive art

References

1. ^ http://www.oublietterecords.com/nickzedd/cotm.html^{[dead link]}

• Jack Sargeant's Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression, is a comprehensive account of this movement.

External links

• Films from the Cinema of Transgression at UbuWeb.
• Official Myspace page for "Llik your idols", a documentary about the Cinema of Transgression