Beth B

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Berlin, New York et la musique underground
10

Berlin, New York et la musique underground

Jul 03, 2009

Berlin, New York et la musique underground
2009 52 min 1 vues
Christoph Dreher (du groupe Die Haut) revient en compagnie de comparses de longue date comme Jim Jarmusch, Blixa Bargeld (einstürzende neubauten) et nick cave sur les débuts de la scène No wave, issue de l’underground new-yorkais et de son équivalent berlinois, à l’orée des 80s. Une épopée minimaliste postpunk.
Music
Belladonna
1

Belladonna

May 22, 1989

Belladonna
1989 12 min 1 vues
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.
No Age New York
7

No Age New York

Jan 01, 1993

No Age New York
1993 49 min 1 vues
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.
Documentary
Letters to Dad
1

Letters to Dad

Jan 01, 1979

Letters to Dad
1979 11 min 1 vues
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
Blank City
7

Blank City

Apr 06, 2011

Blank City
2011 94 min 12 vues
Blank City est le récit de la vie d’un groupe disparate de réalisateurs rebelles, dans un New York au bord de la faillite, à la croisée des chemins. De la fin des années 1970 au milieu des années 1980, alors que la ville n’était qu’un terrain vague de locations et de drogues douteuses, ces réalisateurs ont façonné des œuvres osées, ayant eu une profonde influence sur le développement du cinéma indépendant tel qu’on le connaît aujourd’hui.
Documentary
Vortex
6.4

Vortex

Sep 01, 1982

Vortex
1982 90 min 10 vues
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.
Thriller
Vortex
6.4

Vortex

Sep 01, 1982

Vortex
1982 90 min 10 vues
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.
Thriller
Salvation!
6.3

Salvation!

Sep 11, 1987

Salvation!
1987 80 min 3 vues
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.
Comedy
Belladonna
1

Belladonna

May 22, 1989

Belladonna
1989 12 min 1 vues
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.
Thanatopsis
1

Thanatopsis

May 22, 1991

Thanatopsis
1991 12 min 1 vues
Beth B, in collaboration with legendary downtown performance artist/musician Lydia Lunch, creates a chilling yet poetic vision of despairing nihilism -- literally, a "meditation on death." In this noirishly rendered narrative, a woman negotiates the banalities of life.
Exposed
4.3

Exposed

Feb 07, 2013

Exposed
2013 77 min 6 vues
Beth B takes us into the 21st century underground and reveals a secret world where cutting-edge performers are taking hold of a taboo art form, Burlesque, and driving it to extremes that most people have never seen. It's satire. It's parody. It's a populist blend of art and entertainment that gives new meaning to the word "transgression." Above all, it's a lot of fun, and it will blow your mind.
Documentary
Exposed
4.3

Exposed

Feb 07, 2013

Exposed
2013 77 min 6 vues
Beth B takes us into the 21st century underground and reveals a secret world where cutting-edge performers are taking hold of a taboo art form, Burlesque, and driving it to extremes that most people have never seen. It's satire. It's parody. It's a populist blend of art and entertainment that gives new meaning to the word "transgression." Above all, it's a lot of fun, and it will blow your mind.
Documentary
Two Small Bodies
5

Two Small Bodies

Aug 01, 1993

Two Small Bodies
1993 88 min 3 vues
Eileen Maloney, a hostess at a strip joint, has woken up to find her two children are missing. Lieutenant Bramm suspects that she killed them herself. He questions her for days about her lifestyle, her children, her ex-husband, men and women, and life in general. He forces her to re-enact her last moments in the children's room hoping to shock her into giving more information. The lieutenant's infatuation is not merely professional, however, and soon they are reversing roles.
Mystery
Two Small Bodies
5

Two Small Bodies

Aug 01, 1993

Two Small Bodies
1993 88 min 3 vues
Eileen Maloney, a hostess at a strip joint, has woken up to find her two children are missing. Lieutenant Bramm suspects that she killed them herself. He questions her for days about her lifestyle, her children, her ex-husband, men and women, and life in general. He forces her to re-enact her last moments in the children's room hoping to shock her into giving more information. The lieutenant's infatuation is not merely professional, however, and soon they are reversing roles.
Mystery
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Hysteria
1

Hysteria

Nov 18, 2001

Hysteria
2001 3 min 1 vues
Hysteria explores issues surrounding women's emotions and sexuality, and their social manifestations.
Documentary
Voyeur
1

Voyeur

Jan 01, 1983

Voyeur
1983 5 min 1 vues
An evocative portrait of people having orgasms, lingering on the silent classical face of ecstasy.
Documentary
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
7

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Aug 15, 2019

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 75 min 5 vues
The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's preeminent No Wave icon from the late 70's, Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to say "fuck you!" as loud as any man. In this time of endless attacks on women this is a rallying cry to acknowledge the only thing that is going to bring us together - ART...as the universal salve to all of our traumas.
Documentary
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
7

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Aug 15, 2019

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 75 min 5 vues
The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's preeminent No Wave icon from the late 70's, Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to say "fuck you!" as loud as any man. In this time of endless attacks on women this is a rallying cry to acknowledge the only thing that is going to bring us together - ART...as the universal salve to all of our traumas.
Documentary
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
7

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Aug 15, 2019

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 75 min 5 vues
The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's preeminent No Wave icon from the late 70's, Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to say "fuck you!" as loud as any man. In this time of endless attacks on women this is a rallying cry to acknowledge the only thing that is going to bring us together - ART...as the universal salve to all of our traumas.
Documentary
Call Her Applebroog
1

Call Her Applebroog

Jun 10, 2016

Call Her Applebroog
2016 70 min 1 vues
This deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B. Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her private journals. With her daughter’s encouragement, she investigates the stranger that is her former self, a woman who found psychological and sexual liberation through art. As Beth B finds a deeper understanding of her mother as a human being, Applebroog shares a newfound appreciation for her own provocative work.
Call Her Applebroog
1

Call Her Applebroog

Jun 10, 2016

Call Her Applebroog
2016 70 min 1 vues
This deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B. Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her private journals. With her daughter’s encouragement, she investigates the stranger that is her former self, a woman who found psychological and sexual liberation through art. As Beth B finds a deeper understanding of her mother as a human being, Applebroog shares a newfound appreciation for her own provocative work.
Call Her Applebroog
1

Call Her Applebroog

Jun 10, 2016

Call Her Applebroog
2016 70 min 1 vues
This deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B. Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her private journals. With her daughter’s encouragement, she investigates the stranger that is her former self, a woman who found psychological and sexual liberation through art. As Beth B finds a deeper understanding of her mother as a human being, Applebroog shares a newfound appreciation for her own provocative work.
G-Man
3.5

G-Man

Jan 01, 1978

G-Man
1978 28 min 2 vues
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
G-Man
3.5

G-Man

Jan 01, 1978

G-Man
1978 28 min 2 vues
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
G-Man
3.5

G-Man

Jan 01, 1978

G-Man
1978 28 min 2 vues
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
G-Man
3.5

G-Man

Jan 01, 1978

G-Man
1978 28 min 2 vues
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
G-Man
3.5

G-Man

Jan 01, 1978

G-Man
1978 28 min 2 vues
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
G-Man
3.5

G-Man

Jan 01, 1978

G-Man
1978 28 min 2 vues
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
Black Box
5

Black Box

Nov 20, 1979

Black Box
1979 21 min 3 vues
A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.
Horror
Letters to Dad
1

Letters to Dad

Jan 01, 1979

Letters to Dad
1979 11 min 1 vues
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
Glowing Evelyn
1

Glowing Evelyn

Mar 10, 2023

Glowing Evelyn
2023 7 min 1 vues
A viscerally poetic and sonically revelatory portrait of performance artist Evelyn Franti, the film brings the concept of pain and beauty into a searing work of physicality. Franti’s vocals are woven through the music of Jim Coleman creating a sonic foundation for the visual landscape.
High Heel Nights
1

High Heel Nights

Jan 01, 1994

High Heel Nights
1994 11 min 1 vues
Intimate portraits of gay artists and drag performers talking about gender, identity, and all the fine lines around them. Beth B’s short film is a stirring reminder that drag-queen performances may be accepted in the mainstream today, but there was a time when they were strictly underground.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Jan 01, 1995

Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1995 6 min 1 vues
An intense study of the physical, psychological, and social breakdown of the human condition, this documentary questions a system that has lost its aspiration to reform.
Breathe In, Breathe Out
1

Breathe In, Breathe Out

Jan 01, 2001

Breathe In, Breathe Out
2001 71 min 1 vues
Bravely bringing three severely traumatized Vietnam War veterans and their adult children back to Vietnam, this documentary explores rebirth and the reconciliation process, using raw, intense, and often revelatory scenes, captured in a vérité style, to confront a troubled past.
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
1

The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

Jun 10, 2009

The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
2009 4 min 1 vues
A gang of leather-clad, powerful women take over a traditionally male domain, and hairspray, eyeliner, and bare flesh are on full display in Beth B’s music video for the Arthur Baker–produced club hit from synthpop band Dominatrix. Banned at the time of release, it was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art.
Music
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
1

The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

Jun 10, 2009

The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
2009 4 min 1 vues
A gang of leather-clad, powerful women take over a traditionally male domain, and hairspray, eyeliner, and bare flesh are on full display in Beth B’s music video for the Arthur Baker–produced club hit from synthpop band Dominatrix. Banned at the time of release, it was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art.
Music
American Nightmare
2.5

American Nightmare

Jan 01, 1991

American Nightmare
1991 3 min 2 vues
A video full of swastikas, human skulls on American flag backdrops, girls frenching on department store mannequins and burning themselves with candles, military helmets and clomping boots, dudes masturbating under crucifixes, and a bunch of crotches.
Vortex
6.4

Vortex

Sep 01, 1982

Vortex
1982 90 min 10 vues
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.
Thriller
The Trap Door
1

The Trap Door

Sep 01, 1980

The Trap Door
1980 70 min 1 vues
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), gets laughed out of court by Judge Gary Indiana, loses his girlfriend to sleazy Richard Prince, is hustled by prospective employer (Bill Rice) and mauled by predatory bird-women. Finally, he seeks the help of a shrink (the legendary Jack Smith) who turns out to be the most demented of all.
Drama
The Trap Door
1

The Trap Door

Sep 01, 1980

The Trap Door
1980 70 min 1 vues
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), gets laughed out of court by Judge Gary Indiana, loses his girlfriend to sleazy Richard Prince, is hustled by prospective employer (Bill Rice) and mauled by predatory bird-women. Finally, he seeks the help of a shrink (the legendary Jack Smith) who turns out to be the most demented of all.
Drama
The Trap Door
1

The Trap Door

Sep 01, 1980

The Trap Door
1980 70 min 1 vues
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), gets laughed out of court by Judge Gary Indiana, loses his girlfriend to sleazy Richard Prince, is hustled by prospective employer (Bill Rice) and mauled by predatory bird-women. Finally, he seeks the help of a shrink (the legendary Jack Smith) who turns out to be the most demented of all.
Drama
The Trap Door
1

The Trap Door

Sep 01, 1980

The Trap Door
1980 70 min 1 vues
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), gets laughed out of court by Judge Gary Indiana, loses his girlfriend to sleazy Richard Prince, is hustled by prospective employer (Bill Rice) and mauled by predatory bird-women. Finally, he seeks the help of a shrink (the legendary Jack Smith) who turns out to be the most demented of all.
Drama
The Trap Door
1

The Trap Door

Sep 01, 1980

The Trap Door
1980 70 min 1 vues
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), gets laughed out of court by Judge Gary Indiana, loses his girlfriend to sleazy Richard Prince, is hustled by prospective employer (Bill Rice) and mauled by predatory bird-women. Finally, he seeks the help of a shrink (the legendary Jack Smith) who turns out to be the most demented of all.
Drama
Stigmata
1

Stigmata

Jan 01, 1991

Stigmata
1991 38 min 1 vues
A half dozen men and women, each addressing the camera directly and alone, speak of their involvement with drugs.
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
7

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Aug 15, 2019

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 75 min 5 vues
The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's preeminent No Wave icon from the late 70's, Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to say "fuck you!" as loud as any man. In this time of endless attacks on women this is a rallying cry to acknowledge the only thing that is going to bring us together - ART...as the universal salve to all of our traumas.
Documentary
Amnesia
1

Amnesia

Jan 01, 1992

Amnesia
1992 1 min 1 vues
A stark and uncompromising portrayal of the escalation of xenophobic sentiment in a neo-conservative climate. Beth B refuses to preach and, by extension, to divide. The work trusts the ambiguity of art, rather than to assume a condescending position of knowledgeable correctness from which moral superiority might be inferred.
Under Lock and Key
1

Under Lock and Key

Apr 10, 1994

Under Lock and Key
1994 31 min 1 vues
Under Lock and Key is the single-channel version of an installation that premiered at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 1993. Using the "talking head" confessional as a stylistic device, B creates a social and psychological narrative wherein the act of speaking becomes therapeutic affirmation. B asked individuals who had suffered domestic violence to compose and read letters to those who had abused them. Their stories, addressed to their abusers and spoken directly to the camera, are intercut with comments by serial killer Ted Bundy and quotes from convicted murderer Jack Henry Abbott's prison memoir, In the Belly of the Beast.
Documentary
Salvation!
6.3

Salvation!

Sep 11, 1987

Salvation!
1987 80 min 3 vues
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.
Comedy
Salvation!
6.3

Salvation!

Sep 11, 1987

Salvation!
1987 80 min 3 vues
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.
Comedy
Two Small Bodies
5

Two Small Bodies

Aug 01, 1993

Two Small Bodies
1993 88 min 3 vues
Eileen Maloney, a hostess at a strip joint, has woken up to find her two children are missing. Lieutenant Bramm suspects that she killed them herself. He questions her for days about her lifestyle, her children, her ex-husband, men and women, and life in general. He forces her to re-enact her last moments in the children's room hoping to shock her into giving more information. The lieutenant's infatuation is not merely professional, however, and soon they are reversing roles.
Mystery