Amos Poe

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Two friends vie for the attention of a stranger who passes out at their doorstep.

A Walk In The Park is, in the words of its protagonist Brian Fass, “a science fiction film, a psychedelic journey back to the womb...” This documentary-like journey, progresses from non-fiction to fiction, and dizzyingly, dazzlingly back again.

A Walk In The Park is, in the words of its protagonist Brian Fass, “a science fiction film, a psychedelic journey back to the womb...” This documentary-like journey, progresses from non-fiction to fiction, and dizzyingly, dazzlingly back again.

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.

A new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy channeling the tools of Edward Muybridge and a meditation on the perception of motion in a motion picture.

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.

멜로디는 주치의로부터 암 말기 판정을 받는다. 앞으로 한 달, 잘해야 두달 정도 살 수 있을거라는 선고를 받는다. 모든 것이 암울하기만 하고 절망적이다. 엎친데 덮친격으로 그 동안의 잦은 결석과 지각으로 회사에선 해고를 당한다. 절망적인 멜로디는 남자 친구에게 전화하여 만나자고 하지만, 이제 그만 만나자는 절교선언만 듣는다. 절망 속에 빠지는 멜로디. 그러던 중 우연히 신문 광고를 보고 멜로디는 전 재산을 털어 호화로운 아파트를 빌린다. 카드로 온갖 가구를 들여 놓기 시작하고, 온갖 음식을 주문하여 먹기 시작한다. 마음 내키는대로 살다 죽겠다는 생각을 한다. 그리고, 어릴 때 너무 가지고 싶어서 전기 기타를 훔쳤다가 혼이 났던 기억을 해내고, 기타를 사서 혼자 열심히 연습한다. 그리고 다시 병원을 찾은 멜로디. 그런데 뜻하지 않았던 결과를 듣게 되는데..

멜로디는 주치의로부터 암 말기 판정을 받는다. 앞으로 한 달, 잘해야 두달 정도 살 수 있을거라는 선고를 받는다. 모든 것이 암울하기만 하고 절망적이다. 엎친데 덮친격으로 그 동안의 잦은 결석과 지각으로 회사에선 해고를 당한다. 절망적인 멜로디는 남자 친구에게 전화하여 만나자고 하지만, 이제 그만 만나자는 절교선언만 듣는다. 절망 속에 빠지는 멜로디. 그러던 중 우연히 신문 광고를 보고 멜로디는 전 재산을 털어 호화로운 아파트를 빌린다. 카드로 온갖 가구를 들여 놓기 시작하고, 온갖 음식을 주문하여 먹기 시작한다. 마음 내키는대로 살다 죽겠다는 생각을 한다. 그리고, 어릴 때 너무 가지고 싶어서 전기 기타를 훔쳤다가 혼이 났던 기억을 해내고, 기타를 사서 혼자 열심히 연습한다. 그리고 다시 병원을 찾은 멜로디. 그런데 뜻하지 않았던 결과를 듣게 되는데..

멜로디는 주치의로부터 암 말기 판정을 받는다. 앞으로 한 달, 잘해야 두달 정도 살 수 있을거라는 선고를 받는다. 모든 것이 암울하기만 하고 절망적이다. 엎친데 덮친격으로 그 동안의 잦은 결석과 지각으로 회사에선 해고를 당한다. 절망적인 멜로디는 남자 친구에게 전화하여 만나자고 하지만, 이제 그만 만나자는 절교선언만 듣는다. 절망 속에 빠지는 멜로디. 그러던 중 우연히 신문 광고를 보고 멜로디는 전 재산을 털어 호화로운 아파트를 빌린다. 카드로 온갖 가구를 들여 놓기 시작하고, 온갖 음식을 주문하여 먹기 시작한다. 마음 내키는대로 살다 죽겠다는 생각을 한다. 그리고, 어릴 때 너무 가지고 싶어서 전기 기타를 훔쳤다가 혼이 났던 기억을 해내고, 기타를 사서 혼자 열심히 연습한다. 그리고 다시 병원을 찾은 멜로디. 그런데 뜻하지 않았던 결과를 듣게 되는데..

A tribute to the bustling beauty of Manhattan, inspired by Andy Warhol's 1964 film "Empire".

A tribute to the bustling beauty of Manhattan, inspired by Andy Warhol's 1964 film "Empire".

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.

A musical documentary film about the politically minded singer/songwriter Steve Earle.

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 group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.

A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.

멀지 않은 미래. 대도시에서 시민들은 자연재난을 피해 모두 피신하고 도시는 텅빈다. 그러나 트루 월드 포스(TWF)의 전사들인 위드(Weed: 스티븐 볼드윈 분)와 페인(Payne: 데이비드 라쉬 분)은 곧 알게 된다. 어느곳에도 자연 재왕같은 것은 발생하지 않는다는 것을. 대신, 그들은 아리따운 외계인을 찾아 파괴하라는 사명을 떠맡는다. 위드는 자신이 여자들에게 무척 인기있다는 환상에 사로잡혀 있는 잘 생긴 군인이었고, 페인은 헛점이라곤 전혀 없는 화려한 경력을 자랑하는 군인. 그들은 곧 아멜리아(Amelia: 링 바이 분)라는 이름의 아름다운 여인을 만나고, 그녀는 금세 자신의 의지에 따라 외모를 수 없이 변하게 할 수 있는 외계인임이 밝혀진다. 워드는 외계인 아멜리아와 밤을 같이 보내고, 그녀는 성교를 통해 에너지 생산을 자극, 에너지로 충전해진 반면, 워드는 모든 활력을 잃어 버린다. 곧 아멜리아는 자취를 감추고, 위드는 그녀를 찾아 온도시를 헤멘다. 그녀는 인간들에게 일종의 마인드 컨트롤을 발휘할 수 있었는데, 라디오를 통해 워드에게 노래를 바치면서 그의 집에서 만나자고 워드의 잠재의식을 자극해서 말한다. 이 메세지를 듣게된 페인은 그녀를 없애기 위해 워드의 아파트에서 기다린다. 위드는 페인에게 자신은 아멜리아를 사랑하고 있으며 TWF의 명령에 따르는 것보다 사랑이 더 중요하다는 것을 인식시킨다. 곧 TWF가 위드의 배신을 알고, 그를 뒤쫓는다. 그러는 동안 ,아멜리아의 우주선이 그녀를 데려가기 위해 도착하고, 워드는 과연 그녀와 함께 떠날 것인가를 결정해야하는 선택의 순간에 다다른다. 온 우주에서 가장 아름다운 여인과 저 먼 외계로 영원을 찾아 떠날 것인가, 아니면 국가를 보위하는 미국 병사로서의 그의 위치로 돌아갈 것인가?

Joey Breaker is a fast-talking, ambitious, workaholic agent representing actors, screenwriters, and comedians for the New York firm of Morgan Creative. He is callous and intolerant, but when he unexpectedly falls in love, he begins to see that he has been missing much of what is important in life. His demeanor mellows and he learns to be more tolerant of others. Suddenly, he is faced with a difficult choice when his girlfriend graduates from nursing school and returns to Jamaica.

The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle decides to observe the Levy progeny as they sail endlessly round Manhattan in their luxury yacht.

The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle decides to observe the Levy progeny as they sail endlessly round Manhattan in their luxury yacht.

The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle decides to observe the Levy progeny as they sail endlessly round Manhattan in their luxury yacht.

A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday and they do what they can to give it to him.

맨하탄 동부 슬럼가는 마약,강탈,섹스가 난무한다.불법으로 마약을 제조 공급하는 것을 생계수단으로 삼는 갱 조직의 핵심인 스파노와 그를 둘러싼 주변의 이야기.

맨하탄 동부 슬럼가는 마약,강탈,섹스가 난무한다.불법으로 마약을 제조 공급하는 것을 생계수단으로 삼는 갱 조직의 핵심인 스파노와 그를 둘러싼 주변의 이야기.

뉴욕의 밤 거리, 화려한 원색의 옷을 입은 렌이 지하철과 클럽을 돌아다니며 밴드를 할 사람을 찾고 있다. 한편, 작은 밴에서 먹고 자는 가난한 청년 폴이 우연히 렌을 만나 관심을 갖는다. 수잔 세이들먼 감독의 장편 데뷔작으로 언뜻 신나고 화려해 보이는 당시 청년 문화의 이면에 자리 잡은 공허와 외로움을 날카롭게 포착했다. 1982년 칸영화제 경쟁부문 상영작. (2019년 제14회 시네바캉스 서울)

Reel 17 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

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.

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.

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

A woman, Nadja, searches for her sister's murderer. This search goes through differing moments of reality, or unreality, that overlap within facets of a broken-up time sense. In this emulation of film noir, the investigative structure does not create suspense; the dialectic murderer/victim does not exist. The crime is fabricated bit by bit, like the staging of a spectacle, and it is in the traditional tools of seduction (the spiked heels) that the weapons will be hidden. Ultimately, the crime Nadja achieves makes her neither a triumphant heroine nor a victim.

A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).

The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).

The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).

Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City circa 1976 who longs to inhabit the "New Wave" scene of mid-60s Paris. In Rico's day-to-day life as an unsuccessful photographer, he wearily searches for authentic connection-- even as he spouts the most inauthentic prose imaginable.

Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City circa 1976 who longs to inhabit the "New Wave" scene of mid-60s Paris. In Rico's day-to-day life as an unsuccessful photographer, he wearily searches for authentic connection-- even as he spouts the most inauthentic prose imaginable.

Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City circa 1976 who longs to inhabit the "New Wave" scene of mid-60s Paris. In Rico's day-to-day life as an unsuccessful photographer, he wearily searches for authentic connection-- even as he spouts the most inauthentic prose imaginable.

This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavor The Blank Generation (1976) came to be. A "DIY" portrait of the New York music scene, the film is a patchwork of footage of numerous rock acts performing live, at venues like Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the dive bars of Greenwich Village and, of course, CBGB.