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kill your idols

Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited by S.A. CRARY

Running Time: 75 minutesRating: Not Rated

Specs: Video/ Stereo/1.78:1

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Synopsis

KILL YOUR IDOLS is a thrilling guide to New York’s buzzing downtown undergroundpost-punk scene. Director S.A. Crary kicks things off with the birth of No Wave in thelate 1970’s, providing an angular rush with a priceless collection of live performancesfrom Suicide, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, the Theoretical Girls and DNA. From thisinitial explosion of artistic energy, the film moves through the 1980’s, passing the torchto Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo of Sonic Youth and Michael Gira of Swans, beforecrashlanding in the noisy Now! of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Dice, Liars, A.R.E.Weapons and the Gypsy stylings of Gogol Bordello. Interviews connect the threadsbetween the past and the present, an ever-fertile scene is defined, celebrated andtrashed with equal amounts of enthusiasm, and the creators of some of the mostchallenging rock music of all-time get to explain what they do, why they do it and whereit’s all heading.

“KILL YOUR IDOLS is the only documentary that digs deep enough into theUnderground to truly portray the intensity of New York’s No Wave movement and the

impact it had on future noisemakers everywhere.”

-LYDIA LUNCH

About the Film

First-time filmmaker S.A. Crary couldn't have picked a more apt title for his vivid and complexhistory of New York's art-punk scene. After all, how do you draw a timeline of a movement forwhich the point is and always has been to consciously rebuke what came before you? InCrary's case, the answer is to simply let the players reflect in the moment, which they often dowith as much of an eye toward subtle subversion as toward any kind of objective truth. "Weweren't trying to make music, we were trying to be monsters," says Teenage Jesus & theJerks bassist Jim Sclavunos. He gets support for such claims from bandmate Lydia Lunch,DNA's Arto Lindsay, Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth and others from the late '70s/early '80s art-punk explosion. Exclusive interviews with these originators and a new generation ofpractitioners -- from the Grammy-nominated Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Black Dice to Liars toGogol Bordello -- reveals a consistent hunger for invention through subversion, motivationsthat come into cacophonous focus in the new and archival concert footage bridging theinterviews. What also comes out is a depth of retrospection amongst the older generation thatputs the younger generation's musings in a context that will surprise even the most plugged-inof scenesters. By documenting art-punk in the same spirit as the movement itself has playedout -- he directed, shot, and edited the film himself for an initial budget of just over $300 --Crary has created a compelling reference for a movement that defies them and managed tostay true to its spirit in the process.

The film was distributed theatrically and on DVD in North America by PALM PICTURES, inJAPAN by UPLINK (a division of PLEXI FILMS), and in Europe by MINERVAPICTURES/RARO VIDEO. The film was also acquired for television by SHOWTIME andSUNDANCE CHANNEL.

In 2013, KILL YOUR IDOLS was included in the permanent archives of the Rock and Roll Hallof Fame.

About No Wave

The No Wave movement developed in New York in the late 70s, in the fall-out from punk'scultural apocalypse, and inspired by Suicide's incendiary debut album. The downtown art crowdformed bands that were determinedly anti-Rock 'n' Roll, refusing to accept the perceivedconstraints of the verse-chorus tradition, and making some glorious noise. Christened the “NoWave,” in reaction to the upbeat New Wave musicians with their corporate recording contractsand careerist footholds in the Billboard charts, the movement was short lived but influential.Every noise band influenced by Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore owes No Wave a debt. Its truelegacy was the torch passed on to carriers in the proceeding decades, with followers such asSonic Youth, Jim Thirwell from Foetus and Michael Gira from Swans through the 80s, upthrough to the lauded scenesters of recent years, including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars and A.R.EWeapons.

About the Director

S.A. Crary is an award-winning film director and producer whose features films include KILLYOUR IDOLS (2004), HULDUFOLK 102 (2006), WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN(2010), the upcoming LIBERATION IS MY LOVER and a slated feature documentary oncomedian Andy Kaufman.

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Crew:Director - S.A. CRARYProducer - S.A. CRARY

Editor - S.A. CRARYD.P. - S.A. CRARY

Executive Producers - JOSH BRAUN, DAN BRAUN

Featured Artists:MARTIN REV of Suicide

JIM SCLAVUNOS of Teenage Jesus & The Jerks / Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsLYDIA LUNCH of Teenage Jesus & The Jerks

GLENN BRANCA of Theoretical Girls / The StaticARTO LINDSAY of DNA / Lounge Lizards

LEE RANALDO of Sonic YouthTHURSTON MOORE of Sonic Youth

MICHAEL GIRA of SwansJIM THIRLWELL aka Foetus

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PRESS QUOTES for “KILL YOUR IDOLS”:

-"KILL YOUR IDOLS thrills!"- THE VILLAGE VOICE

-“--Compelling stuff…Thrillingly scratchy and lo-fi.”- NME

-"The music gets to spill all over you, scalding and still shocking, from the screen.”- UNCUT magazine

-"Engagingly raw style...An enjoyable monument to an undervalued chapter in rockhistory.”

- SIGHT & SOUND

-"Iconic & Influential!"- BLACK BOOK MAGAZINE

-"Edgy and energetic!"- FLAVOURPILL London

-"Funny, informative and thought-provoking."- CLOSE-UP FILM

-"If you have any interest in the alternative music scene of the last few decades, thisdocumentary is definitely worth a look...Has an obvious relevance well beyond theconfines of the New York punk scene."

- FILM247.NET

-"A masterpiece of a documentary."- CINEMA SOURCE

-"Hot Ticket! This is the most vital rock scene New York's had since Blondie, theTalking Heads and the Ramones hung out at CBGB."

- PAPER magazine

-"Damn good!"-THE PORTLAND MERCURY

-"Far more compelling and entertaining than virtually any of this summers big budgetblockbuster movies..."Kill Your Idols" is just as powerful and disturbing as the musicscene that inspired it."

- REELMOVIECRITIC.COM

-"Mischievous...Anyone with a niggling suspicion that contemporary bands are morehyped than heard would do well to catch the film."

- THE LONDON TIMES

-"Intriguing!...Rough & ready!"-CHANNEL 4 (UK)

-"Cocky, hypocritical, noisy, and just a little bitter—exactly the way a documentary aboutNo Wave should be."

- DVD VERDICT.com

-"Any self-respecting punk's wet-dream!"- ART ROCKER

-"--Illuminating."- ALL MOVIE GUIDE

-"Ostensibly about the ultra-obscure New York art-punk scene of 1977-82, this cleverlyedited film is really a meditation on originality and nostalgia."

- EMPIRE MAGAZINE (UK)

-"Equal parts art and music...making KILL YOUR IDOLS thoroughly enjoyable andinformative."

- ROTTEN TOMATOES

-“Crary convincingly conveys the fiercely confrontational spirit of the No Wavemovement.”

- BBC

-"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED--Not just a history of a specific time in music. It's also atestament to the lasting effect of the era's influence, for better or worse."

- DVD Talk

-"Manages to leave even those who know nothing about punk feeling nostalgic for thepassion and intelligence of its early days."

- CINEMATICAL

-"--A sharp look at the crisis of innovation in an age of commodified nostalgia."-TV GUIDE

-"Cleverly edited…Could find worshippers!" - DAILY VARIETY

ABOUT PALM PICTURES

Palm Pictures (www.palmpictures.com) is an independent media company that produces,acquires and distributes innovative music and film projects. Palm has distinguished itself as aleader in the converging music, digital media, theatrical and home video markets, emphasizinga compelling slate of music documentaries, arthouse and foreign cinema, as well as originalaudio/visual projects. The company’s expertise includes national theatrical exhibition and DVDproduction, resulting in a seamless transition into the home video market. Palm Pictures'entertainment properties include film and music divisions, Arthouse Films, sputnik7.com,epitonic.com and RES Media Group.

Since its inception in 1998, Palm Pictures has been responsible for such critical and commercialsuccesses as THE BASKETBALL DIARIES, SEX AND LUCIA, THE BELIEVER and THEDIRECTORS LABEL SERIES, a retrospective of the work of the world’s most acclaimed musicvideo directors. The first three installments of the series featured the works of directors SpikeJonze, Michel Gondry and Chris Cunningham. Seminal music DVD releases include the award-winning hip hop documentary, SCRATCH, the Grammy-nominated Bob Marley documentary,REBEL MUSIC, and the Talking Heads’ groundbreaking concert film, STOP MAKING SENSE.Recent theatrical film releases include CLEAN directed by Olivier Assayas and starring MaggieCheung, LOWER CITY starring Alice Braga, directed by Sergio Machado, GUNNER PALACE, apowerful documentary about the Iraq War; Ondi Timoner’s DIG!, the 2004 Sundance Grand JuryPrize Winner for Best Documentary, and CRONICAS, starring John Leguizamo, written anddirected by Sebastian Cordero and produced by Alfonso Cuarón and Jorge Vergara; BE HERETO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT directed by Margaret Brown and THEHEART IS DECEITFUL, directed by and starring Asia Argento. Upcoming theatrical releasesinclude: ROLLING FAMILY directed by Pable Trapero; and 13 TZAMETI directed by GelaBabluani.

Palm is also home to a diverse music catalogue, spanning genres from world to trip hop to indierock to electronica. Palm’s world releases include African musicians Baaba Maal and Gigi,reggae artists such as Black Uhuru and Sly & Robbie and Latin American artists like Da Lataand Sidestepper. Up-and-coming indie rockers Earlimart and Moving Units have firmlyestablished Palm on the underground rock circuit, and standouts like Zero 7 and Koopshowcase the best in chilled electronica.

Palm Pictures was founded in 1998 by Chris Blackwell, the visionary who started IslandRecords and guided the careers of artists including Bob Marley & The Wailers, Steve Winwood,Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, Robert Palmer, Roxy Music, U2, Melissa Etheridge, Tom Waits, PJHarvey and The Cranberries. His past film projects include such distinctive works as THEHARDER THEY COME, starring Jimmy Cliff, and the Oscar-winning KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001.