See Hear Podcast episode 32 - Blank Generation - a podcast by Bernard Stickwell, Tim Merrill, Maurice Bursztynski

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 filminspired 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 UlliLommel 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 aFrench 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 aromance? 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 getto 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 andIvan 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 attemptto 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 hadsomething 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, buthopefully, you should still enjoy the content.


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