See Hear Podcast episode 32 - Blank Generation

Welcome to episode 32 of See Hear podcast.   Can you imagine
Francois Truffaut visiting New York in the seventies, walking into
CBGBs, and thinking "I really need to make a film inspired by this
new thing called punk"? (except he'd probably be thinking it n
French....but apart from that, can you imagine it?) It seems that
Ulli Lommel had one of those "what if" moments, and so a man more
known for horror films came up with Blank Generation.   Blank
Generation concerns the tempestuous relationship between a French
journalist (Carole Bouquet) and a punk singer (Richard Hell) in NYC
during the seventies. Does Godard and punk music mix? Does the film
work as a romance? Does it work as a punk film? Does it work as a
tribute to the French New Wave? Is it a decent way to spend 78
minutes? Will Nada and Billy ever get to the beach? Would GG Allin
have liked it? Bernie, Tim and Maurice will clue you in.   But
wait....there's more. Four years earlier in 1976, Amos Poe and Ivan
Kral put together a film called THE Blank Generation featuring a
lot of poorly edited black and white footage of some unknown punk
bands like Blondie, Patti Smith Band, Talking Heads and The Ramones
playing at CBGBs. The film was shot silent but had the bands' music
place on top of the film with no attempt to synchronise the audio
and visual (maybe not even doing the same songs). We discuss this
time capsule and whether despite its amateurish nature, if it had
something to offer.   We had a fun time discussing these films
and hope you enjoy our chat. We only discovered in post production
there were some audio issues, but hopefully, you should still enjoy
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