Scott B
Biography
Scott B and Beth B were among the best-known New York No Wave underground film makers of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 1980, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A punk savage satire about a kidnapping.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Self
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Carlo / Cop
A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the manipulation of politicians.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The almost lyrical Letters to Dad, is a meditation on authority that superimposes the spectre of Jonestown over the relatively fresh faces of the parapunk art world; the film takes on a musical form - like a 20th-century ballad composed of subliminal behavior cues, advertising testimonials, and the text of the National Enquirer