Jon Moritsugu
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Jon Moritsugu is an American cult-underground filmmaker and musician. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The New York Times describes them as "funny, anarchic, provocative and exhilarating".
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Filmography 19
Mod Fuck Explosion
Mommy Mommy Where's My Brain?
Terminal USA
Fame Whore
Hippy Porn
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
My Degeneration
The Endless Possibility of Sky
Scumrock
Sleazy Rider
Little Debbie Snack Whore Of N.Y.C.
Pig Death Machine
Crack
Numbskull Revolution
Cycoskuzz
Martini Shot55 credits on file
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Gregg TurkingtonAlso in Terminal USA (1993)
Andrew AhnAlso in 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
Isaac JulienAlso in 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
Andrea SperlingAlso in Scumrock (2002)Monte CazazzaAlso in Fame Whore (1997)
Jon JostAlso in Mod Fuck Explosion (1994)About this person
Jon Moritsugu is an American cult-underground filmmaker and musician. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The New York Times describes them as "funny, anarchic, provocative and exhilarating". Influenced by the nihilism of Jean-Luc Godard and Guy Debord, Moritsugu's films are often defined by their "lo-fi" aesthetic and were initially shot on 16mm film for a gritty, visceral quality. He states that he often "pay(s) less attention to narrative flow and storyline and put(s) more emphasis on sight, sound and spectacle" to create a movie that is "like a live punk/hardcore show." The works themselves are often absurdist comedies that feature actress, co-writer, stylist, and wife, Amy Davis. Perhaps best known for his cult film Mod Fuck Explosion, Moritsugu's films have been screened at Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Rotterdam, Venice, USA Film Festival, New York Underground, Chicago Underground, MoMA, Guggenheim, Whitney and numerous other festivals and museums. In 2001 he received the Moving Image award from Creative Capital.
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