Amos Poe
Amos Poe (* 1949 in Tel Aviv ) is an American film director .
Life
Poe, born in Israel and emigrated to the USA with his parents in 1957, was considered one of the most prominent directors of the New York New Wave movement between 1975 and 1985. As early as 1971 he began making Super 8 films . Four full-length feature films followed in 1974 with actors such as Patti Smith , Blondie , Robert Gordon , Susan Tyrrell , Patti Astor , John Lurie , William Rice and others. These were based on the B-movie genre , the avant-garde movement and the French Nouvelle Vague in order to integrate these new influences into American art cinema .
Unmade Beds is a homage to Godard's Breathless . With The Foreigner from 1978 Amos Poe created a groundbreaking film and the 1981 film Subway Riders stood out from his underground trilogy . With Alphabet City he made his first 35mm film. He also shot countless music videos and worked on many other film projects. His film Dead Weekend was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1995 .
The at the 12th International Forum of New Cinema at the Berlinale shown Poe movie Subway Riders is a New York tone poem, a Manhattan - melodrama . It is the story of a writer who identifies with his saxophone . Several people are looking for their obsessions. A policeman is looking for an insane murderer, a whore wants to become a star, a clairvoyant a saint and the saxophone player himself ends up as a psycho killer. A filmmaker (played by Amos Poe himself) wants to make an off-Hollywood film in a framework.
Filmography (selection)
- 1975: Night Lunch
- 1976: Unmade Beds
- 1976: The Blank Generation
- 1978: The Foreigner
- 1981: Subway Riders
- 1984: Alphabet City
- 1990: Cruise off Manhattan ( Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole )
- 1994: Dead Weekend
- 1998: Frogs for Snakes
- 2003: Just an American Boy
- 2004: When You Find Me
- 2007: Empire II
literature
- Program 12th International Forum of Young Films, 13. – 23. February 1982, p. 24.
Web links
- Amos Poe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography, official homepage of Amos Poe
- Unmade beds , film images
- Reviews from Subway Riders , Unmade Beds and others
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poe, Amos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |