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__notoc__ The Cinema of Transgression is a term coined by
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in 1985 to describe a
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-based
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movement, consisting of a loose-knit group of artists using
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and
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in their films. Key players in this movement were Zedd,
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,
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, Casandra Stark, Beth B, Tommy Turner,
Jon Moritsugu Jon Moritsugu (born February 15, 1965) is an American cult- underground filmmaker. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The ''New York Times'' describes them ...
,
Manuel DeLanda Manuel DeLanda (born 1952) is a Mexican- American writer, artist and philosopher who has lived in New York since 1975. He is a lecturer in architecture at the Princeton University School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania School ...
,
David Wojnarowicz David Michael Wojnarowicz ( (September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene. He incorp ...
,
Richard Kern Richard Kern (born 1954) is an American underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to prominence as part of the cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films like ...
, and
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, who in the late 1970s and mid-1980s began to make very low-budget films using cheap 8 mm cameras. Zedd outlined his philosophy on the Cinema of Transgression in ''The Cinema of Transgression Manifesto'', published under the name Orion Jeriko in the
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''The Underground Film Bulletin'' (1984–90). Cinema of Transgression continues to heavily influence underground filmmakers. In 2000, the
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showed a retrospective of the movement's work introduced by those involved in the production of the original video films.


List of notable films

*''Why Do You Exist'' (
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, 1998) *''You Killed Me First'' (
Richard Kern Richard Kern (born 1954) is an American underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to prominence as part of the cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films like ...
, 1985) *''Where Evil Dwells'' (
David Wojnarowicz David Michael Wojnarowicz ( (September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene. He incorp ...
& Tommy Turner, 1985) *''Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller'' (
Manuel DeLanda Manuel DeLanda (born 1952) is a Mexican- American writer, artist and philosopher who has lived in New York since 1975. He is a lecturer in architecture at the Princeton University School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania School ...
, 1980) *''Mommy, Mommy, Where's My Brain?'' (
Jon Moritsugu Jon Moritsugu (born February 15, 1965) is an American cult- underground filmmaker. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The ''New York Times'' describes them ...
, 1986) *''Llik Your Idols'' (Angélique Bosio, 2007) *''Wrecked on Cannibal Island'' ( Casandra Stark, 1986) *''Stigmata'' ( Beth B., 1991) *''Blank City'' (Celine Danhier, 2009) *''Nymphomania'' (
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and Holly Adams, 1993)MUBI
Nymphomania, Tessa Hughes-Freeland and Holly Adams


See also

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Cinema of the world This is a list of cinema of the world by continent and country. By continent * Cinema of Africa *Cinema of Asia **South Asian cinema **Southeast Asian cinema * Cinema of North America * Cinema of Latin America *Cinema of Europe * Cinema of Oceani ...
* No Wave Cinema *
Transgressive art Transgressive art is art that aims to outrage or violate basic morals and sensibilities. The term ''transgressive'' was first used in this sense by American filmmaker Nick Zedd and his Cinema of Transgression in 1985. Zedd used it to describe hi ...
* Extreme cinema *
Vulgar auteurism Vulgar auteurism is a movement that emerged in early 2010s cinephilia and film criticism associated with championing or reappraising filmmakers, mostly those working in the horror and action genres and whose work has otherwise received little atte ...


Notes


References

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External links


Films from the Cinema of Transgression
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