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Totem of the depraved
"Nick ZeddŽs films are
legendary - he is a truly seminal figure in the
New York underground. Now we have his first book, and I recommend
it to anyone interested in the rough underside of our
overly-processed
culture." - Jim Jarmush
"Totem of the depraved is a
sort of ŽBitter Tears of Petra von Zedd` a,
venomous, vile, but hilariosusly funny autobiography of
underground
filmmaker Nick Zedd, who you can practically feel biting your
hand as you read this book.
Show business never looked so grim." - John Waters
"The combination of ZeddŽs
vicious scorn for his enemies/moral inferiors
with a kind of resigned, Christ-like vulnerability to love, along
with his
devoted worship of those true to their obsessed missions of
outrage
in the face of all obstacles and conventions...always blows my
mind.
IŽm into him. YouŽll laugh, youŽll gasp, youŽll get real
annoyed. HeŽs an
immortal. I mean it." - Richard Hell
"Totem of the Depraved is
an outrageous personal crawl through New
YorkŽs film underground. Nick Zedd, a founder of "the
Cinema of
Transgression", pulls no punches as he examines his life and
loves
during the creation of his inimitable movies.
By turns morally bankrupt and idealistic, disgudting and
diverting,
frightening and funny, `Totem of the depraved` is a fascinating
snapshot
of an artistic subculture that rfuses to comfort, compromise, or
conform." - John Payson, director of JoeŽs Apartment
"There is a tremendous and
unbound, uninhibited imagination
present in his work... forbiden, maybe even evil, perverted,
ungodly." - Jonas Mekas, filmmaker
Totem of the Depraved is
available from 2.13.61 publications,
136 pages.
