Zombie Hunger 1 and 2 (lost Richard Kern shorts; 1984)
Alleged screenshot, taken from mubi.com.
Status: Lost
Zombie Hunger and Zombie Hunger 2 are two 1984 short films by Richard Kern.[1][2] He is best known for his bizarre and subversive short films, which were part a 70's-80's New York-based film movement called No Wave Cinema. Kern's films are distinguishable by their sexual content, violence, unique color schemes, and appearances by popular underground figures (such as musician Lydia Lunch).
Sources conflict as to what they (or it) is about. One ("Trashfilm Roadshows" by Johannes Schonherr) proclaims it to feature a man smashing up his apartment in a violent rage, only leaving the cameraman undamaged.[3] Another (mubi.com's entry for the film, which also features an alleged shot from the film) claims it is about a group of junkies shooting up on heroin and then vomiting.[4] The latter claim is also supported by a PDF contained on Kern's website regarding Zombie Hunger 2.
Little else is known about these two shorts, other than the makes them likely contenders for Kern's earliest work. While the majority of his films are easily available on DVD sets (such as The Hardcore Collection), some of them are not so easy to find (such as Nazi and King of Sex, available only on rare VHS tapes). These films have not had a widespread release on any home video format.
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Filmmaker/photographer Richard Kern.
References
- ↑ IMDb page for Zombie Hunger 2.. Retrieved 2 Apr '16.
- ↑ IMDB page for Zombie Hunger 2. Retrieved 2 Apr '16.
- ↑ Trashfilm Roadshows on Google Books. Retrieved 2 Apr '16.
- ↑ MUBI article. Retrieved 2 Apr '16.