John Lurie

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

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.

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.

Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s, known as the downtown scene.

Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s, known as the downtown scene.

From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and directed by filmmaker Amos Poe, the hour long show took television where it had never gone before: to the edge of civility and "sub-realism" as Glenn would put it. Walter Steding and his TV Party "Orchestra" provided a musical accompaniment to the madness at hand, and many artists and musicians, from The Clash, Nile Rodgers, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Bryne and Arto Lindsey were regular guests. It was the cocktail party that could be a political party. With 80 hours of disintegrating 3/4 inch videotape as a starting point, we tracked down the trend setting participants still living today and found out what they remember of the period and how the show influenced their lives. This, combined with clips from the orginal show, became the documentary "TV Party.

"5 Sides of a Coin" is a comprehensive overview of the worldwide cultural movement of Hip-Hop.

A short film narrated by John Lurie comprised of still images La Jetee-style about the middle-aged rediscovering punk rock.

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.

A short behind-the-scenes documentary shot by Tom Jarmusch while his brother filmed Stranger Than Paradise (1984).

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

At loose ends drifter stumbles upon a struggling painter as he searches for answers under the stars and rooftops of New York.

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their sexual affairs. Clay inadvertently befriends a serial killer named Lester Long, who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."

This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy who's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining late-night dining regulars will get the cash? How many will have to die to get the answer?

A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.

マイアミで取立屋を行っているチリ・パーマーは無類の映画好き。ボスが急死したため、彼らの組織は悪党レイの傘下に入ることになったが、チリを嫌うレイは彼に取り立ての難しい仕事をまわす。飛行機事故で死んだ事になっているクリーニング屋レオの足どりを追ってベガスに赴いたチリは、レオの情報と引き換えにハリウッドのB級映画プロデューサー、ハリーからの借金回収を頼まれる。だが愛人カレンの家に押し入ったチリとハリーは意気投合し、いっしょに映画を作る話で盛り上がる。だがハリーは、ヤバイ商売で有名な会社から渡されていた映画資金を使い込んでいたのだ……。

Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.

Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.

The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances from Kate Valk, Peyton Smith, Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Anna Kohler, Beatrice Roth, Ron Vawter, and Willem Dafoe. This presentation of the 2003 production of BRACE UP!, designed by Ken Kobland and LeCompte, incorporates close-up recordings of the performers simultaneously with continuous wide-angle footage.

A visceral homage to those living and dying under the shadow of AIDS in a world run amok.

An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.

Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the guy, who left town because he was scared stiff at the idea of seeing her. Originally commissioned as one third of an omnibus feature showcasing the Figaro, a Japan-only retro throwback car.

娘に異常な愛情を注ぐ母のマリエッタ。彼女はある男に依頼して、娘の恋人セイラの命を狙う。だが暗殺は失敗に終わり、逆に男はセイラに殺されてしまうのだった……。出演はニコラス・ケイジ、ローラ・ダーン。

"Lounge Lizard" John Lurie — actor, performer, and musician — talks about love and life and gives a gentle insight into modern time's hipster attitudes.

物語は「ファー・フロム・ヨコハマ」「ア・ゴースト」「ロスト・イン・スペース」と名づけられた3話からなるオムニバスで、それぞれの話の人物たちが、互いに知らないまま、別々に同じ夜汽車を見、エルビスの〈ブルー・ムーン〉を聞き、そして翌朝1発の銃声を耳にする、ワン・ナイト・ストーリー。

Behind the scenes of 'The Last Temptation of the Christ'

Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil turns out to be in the form of a fun-loving man called Giuditta. What Father Maurice doesn't know is that this type of devil will turn his life around.

ニューヨークを代表する映画作家、マーティン・スコセッシ監督が新約聖書を独自の解釈でとらえた問題作。救世主イエス・キリストを、苦悩する1人の人間として描いていく。デヴィッド・ボウイの出演にも注目。

ニューオーリンズで暮らす落ち目のDJザックは、ある男から車を預かるが、それが原因となり無実の罪で逮捕される。刑務所の同じ房にいるジャックというチンピラとは、全くウマが合わない。しかし後から収監された陽気でやかましいイタリア人、ロベルトが脱獄を提案。

ニューオーリンズで暮らす落ち目のDJザックは、ある男から車を預かるが、それが原因となり無実の罪で逮捕される。刑務所の同じ房にいるジャックというチンピラとは、全くウマが合わない。しかし後から収監された陽気でやかましいイタリア人、ロベルトが脱獄を提案。

Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More than thirty artists participated in the program, which was produced for the Kitchen by Carlota Schoolman and directed by Tom Bowes.

Nan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a film by the artist, portraying the American underground culture, the no wave scene, post-Stonewall gay subculture, among others.

Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.

A repressed young woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patron of the Times Square porn theater where she works selling tickets.

ジム・ジャームッシュ長編映画第1作。ウィリーはニューヨークに10年住んでいる。ハンガリー出身で本名はベラ・モルナー。ある日彼のもとに、クリーブランドに住むおばさんから、16歳のいとこエヴァがアメリカでの新しい生活を始めるべくブタペストから来るが、自分が急に入院することになってしまった為、10日間ほど預かってほしいという電話がかかってくる……。

ジム・ジャームッシュ長編映画第1作。ウィリーはニューヨークに10年住んでいる。ハンガリー出身で本名はベラ・モルナー。ある日彼のもとに、クリーブランドに住むおばさんから、16歳のいとこエヴァがアメリカでの新しい生活を始めるべくブタペストから来るが、自分が急に入院することになってしまった為、10日間ほど預かってほしいという電話がかかってくる……。

テキサス州の町パリをめざす男。彼は失踪した妻を探し求めていた。男は、4年間置き去りにしていた幼い息子との間にも親子の情を取り戻す。そして、やがて巡り会った妻に、彼は愛するがゆえの苦悩を打ち明ける……。

Documentary on American film director Jim Jarmusch made for German television.

A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

The Sunset Blvd. of underground cinema, and a suitably ambivalent retrospect on the star-game casualties of New York's upper depths, with Patti Astor statuesquely hysterical as a 20-year-old Norma Desmond, made up to recall Edie Sedgwick and surrounded by Warhol's lost children. We've been here before, but without the hindsight: a camera cruise along a hustler's meat-rack, kitchen-talk over cold canned spaghetti, Taylor Mead grimacing in a spastic dance, the silent stud a sullenly passive observer. Mitchell's ear for campy native wit and eye for figures in a loft-scape happily keep at bay the otherwise contagious NY ennui.

In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.

In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.

A punk savage satire about a kidnapping.

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit New York living room that has been transformed into a spacecraft.

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit New York living room that has been transformed into a spacecraft.

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit New York living room that has been transformed into a spacecraft.

Second feature film by the French-born director is a Bertolucci-style story of a bored, rich woman looking for romance and adventure. She meets an American G.I., dumps him, then falls for a Communist worker.

Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites like Grant's Tomb and Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse loft with a peeling-paint dome serves as an echoey stand-in for the imperial palace. The latter location required ingenuity: Posing as potential renters, Nares and associates asked the manager to show them the apartment, then unlocked the windows on the way out; a few hours later, they broke back into the space, full cast and crew in tow, to shoot the necessary scenes.