Beth B
Also Known As: 贝丝B
Biography: During the late 1970s-early 1980s, Beth and Scott B were among the most significant proponents of the No-Wave, no-budget style of underground punk filmmaking. The feature films Beth B has since made on her own are ambitious in content.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
Overview: the connections and energy flow between the various artists populating the 1980s sub-cultures of New York and Berlin. Features Jim Jarmusch, Lydia Lunch, Blixa Bargeld, Alex Hacke, Gudrun Gut, Nick Cave, and others. An important film. Bravo, Mr. Dreher.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-07-03
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Belladonna
Overview: An experimental short by Beth B. It consists of rapidly intercut close-ups of talking heads reading statements from a Sigmund Freud case history; affidavits attesting to the atrocities of Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi war criminal; and journals from the trial of New Yorker Joel Steinberg, accused of killing his adopted daughter.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-22
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No Age New York
Overview: A scattershot documentary about punk rock film makers in New York, with contributions from Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins, Richard Kern, Beth B, Nick Zedd and many others. A love letter to the New York Underground.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
Overview: Haxan Films-produced documentary on Richard Kern's work around 1997. Footage from his photo sessions, interviews with Kern and his models, etc. Features associates such as Lydia Lunch, Beth B and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Letters to Dad
Overview: The almost lyrical Letters to Dad, is a meditation on authority that superimposes the spectre of Jonestown over the relatively fresh faces of the parapunk art world; the film takes on a musical form - like a 20th-century ballad composed of subliminal behavior cues, advertising testimonials, and the text of the National Enquirer
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Blank City
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-06
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Vortex
Overview: A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the manipulation of politicians.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-01
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No New York Festival - Berlin
Overview: The "No New York Festival" on a tour of Europe. This concert is at SO36, Kreuzberg, Berlin, where a sprawling variety of bands and musicians related to the NNNF performed.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-30
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