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Amos Poe is one of the first [[Punk visual art|punk]] filmmakers and his film ''[[The Blank Generation]]''<ref name='PleaseKillMe'>{{cite book | last = McNeil | first = Legs | author-link = Legs McNeil |author2=Gillian McCain | title = Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk | publisher = Penguin Books | year = 1996 | location = New York City | pages = [https://archive.org/details/pleasekillmeunce00legs_0/page/420 420] | isbn = 9780140266900 | url =https://archive.org/details/pleasekillmeunce00legs_0| url-access = registration }}</ref> (1976)—co-directed with [[Ivan Král]]— is one of the earliest punk films. The film features performances by [[Richard Hell]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Television (band)|Television]], [[Patti Smith]], and [[Jayne County|Wayne County]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named it number 6 on its list of 25 Greatest Punk Rock Movies of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/25-greatest-punk-rock-movies-of-all-time-103577/|title=25 Greatest Punk Rock Movies of All Time|first1=Tim|last1=Grierson|first2=Sam|last2=Adams|first3=David|last3=Fear|first4=Elisabeth|last4=Garber-Paul|website=Rollingstone.com|date=August 9, 2016|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>
Amos Poe is one of the first [[Punk visual art|punk]] filmmakers and his film ''[[The Blank Generation]]''<ref name='PleaseKillMe'>{{cite book | last = McNeil | first = Legs | author-link = Legs McNeil |author2=Gillian McCain | title = Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk | publisher = Penguin Books | year = 1996 | location = New York City | pages = [https://archive.org/details/pleasekillmeunce00legs_0/page/420 420] | isbn = 9780140266900 | url =https://archive.org/details/pleasekillmeunce00legs_0| url-access = registration }}</ref> (1976)—co-directed with [[Ivan Král]]— is one of the earliest punk films. The film features performances by [[Richard Hell]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Television (band)|Television]], [[Patti Smith]], and [[Jayne County|Wayne County]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named it number 6 on its list of 25 Greatest Punk Rock Movies of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/25-greatest-punk-rock-movies-of-all-time-103577/|title=25 Greatest Punk Rock Movies of All Time|first1=Tim|last1=Grierson|first2=Sam|last2=Adams|first3=David|last3=Fear|first4=Elisabeth|last4=Garber-Paul|website=Rollingstone.com|date=August 9, 2016|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>


He is also associated with the birth of [[No Wave Cinema]] due to films such as ''The Foreigner'' (1978), featuring [[Eric Mitchell (filmmaker)|Eric Mitchell]], [[Debbie Harry]], [[Anya Phillips]]; and ''[[Subway Riders]]'' (1981),<ref>[http://riverlightspictures.com/films/sr/index.html Subway Riders :: River Lights Pictures]</ref> starring [[Susan Tyrrell]], [[Robbie Coltrane]], and [[Cookie Mueller]].<ref>Curley, Mallory. ''A [[Cookie Mueller]] Encyclopedia'', Randy Press, 2010.</ref> During this time he was also the director of the [[public-access television]] cable TV show ''[[TV Party]]'' hosted by [[Glenn O'Brien]] and [[Chris Stein]].
He is also associated with the birth of [[No Wave Cinema]] due to films such as ''[[The Foreigner (1978 film)|The Foreigner]]'' (1978), featuring [[Eric Mitchell (filmmaker)|Eric Mitchell]], [[Debbie Harry]], [[Anya Phillips]]; and ''[[Subway Riders]]'' (1981),<ref>[http://riverlightspictures.com/films/sr/index.html Subway Riders :: River Lights Pictures]</ref> starring [[Susan Tyrrell]], [[Robbie Coltrane]], and [[Cookie Mueller]].<ref>Curley, Mallory. ''A [[Cookie Mueller]] Encyclopedia'', Randy Press, 2010.</ref> During this time he was also the director of the [[public-access television]] cable TV show ''[[TV Party]]'' hosted by [[Glenn O'Brien]] and [[Chris Stein]].


He is part of the [[Remodernist film]] movement, which he described as the next development of [[Postmodernism]] and the transformation of existing cultural features, but "using the technology and the sensibility of contemporary rather than nostalgia".<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |last1=Bremer |first1=Erin |date=April 2008 |url=https://www.city-magazine.com/features/issue_55_new_york_observers_amos_poes_empire_ii.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106014210/https://www.city-magazine.com/features/issue_55_new_york_observers_amos_poes_empire_ii.php |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |work=City Magazine |pages= 42–43 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |title=Issue 55, New York Observers: Amos Poe's Empire II }} {{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.amospoe.com/news/images/citymag_empire2.pdf |website=Amos Poe |title=New York Observers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714184505/http://www.amospoe.com/news/images/citymag_empire2.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2010 }}</ref> "My idea of my work's importance is to see how it moves the culture to where I'd like to see it", Poe said in a 1981 interview.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/subway-riders-amos-poe/ |title=Subway Riders: Amos Poe |author=Sarah Charlesworth |website=BOMB Magazine |date=April 1, 1981 |accessdate=January 9, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190110185038/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/subway-riders-amos-poe/ |archive-date= Jan 10, 2019 }}</ref>
He is part of the [[Remodernist film]] movement, which he described as the next development of [[Postmodernism]] and the transformation of existing cultural features, but "using the technology and the sensibility of contemporary rather than nostalgia".<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |last1=Bremer |first1=Erin |date=April 2008 |url=https://www.city-magazine.com/features/issue_55_new_york_observers_amos_poes_empire_ii.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106014210/https://www.city-magazine.com/features/issue_55_new_york_observers_amos_poes_empire_ii.php |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |work=City Magazine |pages= 42–43 |access-date=February 1, 2010 |title=Issue 55, New York Observers: Amos Poe's Empire II }} {{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.amospoe.com/news/images/citymag_empire2.pdf |website=Amos Poe |title=New York Observers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714184505/http://www.amospoe.com/news/images/citymag_empire2.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2010 }}</ref> "My idea of my work's importance is to see how it moves the culture to where I'd like to see it", Poe said in a 1981 interview.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/subway-riders-amos-poe/ |title=Subway Riders: Amos Poe |author=Sarah Charlesworth |website=BOMB Magazine |date=April 1, 1981 |accessdate=January 9, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190110185038/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/subway-riders-amos-poe/ |archive-date= Jan 10, 2019 }}</ref>
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*''[[The Guitar (film)|The Guitar]]'' (2007, screenplay, producer)
*''[[The Guitar (film)|The Guitar]]'' (2007, screenplay, producer)
*''Empire II'' (2007)
*''Empire II'' (2007)
*''[[La Commedia di Amos Poe]]'' (2010)
*''La Commedia di Amos Poe'' (2010)
*''Ladies & Gentlemen'' (2012)
*''Ladies & Gentlemen'' (2012)
*''A Walk in the Park'' (2012)
*''A Walk in the Park'' (2012)

Latest revision as of 10:25, 6 July 2024

Amos Poe
Poe in 2009 at the Tribeca Film Festival
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation(s)Film director, writer
Spouse
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(m. 1983⁠–⁠2010)​
Claudia Summers
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(m. 2019)​

Amos Poe is an American New York City-based director and screenwriter, described by The New York Times as a "pioneering indie filmmaker".[1]

Career

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Amos Poe is one of the first punk filmmakers and his film The Blank Generation[2] (1976)—co-directed with Ivan Král— is one of the earliest punk films. The film features performances by Richard Hell, Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, and Wayne County. Rolling Stone named it number 6 on its list of 25 Greatest Punk Rock Movies of All Time.[3]

He is also associated with the birth of No Wave Cinema due to films such as The Foreigner (1978), featuring Eric Mitchell, Debbie Harry, Anya Phillips; and Subway Riders (1981),[4] starring Susan Tyrrell, Robbie Coltrane, and Cookie Mueller.[5] During this time he was also the director of the public-access television cable TV show TV Party hosted by Glenn O'Brien and Chris Stein.

He is part of the Remodernist film movement, which he described as the next development of Postmodernism and the transformation of existing cultural features, but "using the technology and the sensibility of contemporary rather than nostalgia".[6] "My idea of my work's importance is to see how it moves the culture to where I'd like to see it", Poe said in a 1981 interview.[7]

In 2008, he wrote the screenplay for the 2008 Amy Redford film The Guitar.[1]

The New York Times reported in 2020 that Poe had lost all ownership of several of his groundbreaking films, including The Blank Generation, to Ivan Kral in a 2012 lawsuit over profits from licensing fees for showings of the film. Thereafter, Kral billed himself as the director of the film, demoting Poe to co-editor; Kral also acquired ownership, for $10 each, of Poe's films Unmade Beds, The Foreigner, Subway Riders, and Empire II. In late 2019, shortly before Kral's death, at a screening of The Blank Generation, it was revealed that Kral, or his wife, Cindy Hudson, had changed the ending of the film, switching out the original ending (depicting Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye), for a brief biopic about Kral, followed with the credit "directed by Cindy Hudson." Although the theater screening the film had, apparently unknowingly, marketed it as the iconic 1976 work, it was a considerably different film, and Poe's name was excised entirely.[8]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b Wadler, Joyce (January 17, 2008). "Death and Decorating". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d McNeil, Legs; Gillian McCain (1996). Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. New York City: Penguin Books. pp. 420. ISBN 9780140266900.
  3. ^ Grierson, Tim; Adams, Sam; Fear, David; Garber-Paul, Elisabeth (August 9, 2016). "25 Greatest Punk Rock Movies of All Time". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Subway Riders :: River Lights Pictures
  5. ^ Curley, Mallory. A Cookie Mueller Encyclopedia, Randy Press, 2010.
  6. ^ Bremer, Erin (April 2008). "Issue 55, New York Observers: Amos Poe's Empire II". City Magazine. pp. 42–43. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2010. "New York Observers" (PDF). Amos Poe. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2010.
  7. ^ Sarah Charlesworth (April 1, 1981). "Subway Riders: Amos Poe". BOMB Magazine. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Buckley, Cara (July 30, 2020). "His Film Is a Punk Classic, but the Credits Now Roll Without Him". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
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