Publicity Photo for Underground USA, Rene Ricard, Patti Astor, Eric Mitchell (Director), 1980

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Publicity Photo for Underground USA, Rene Ricard, Patti Astor, Eric Mitchell (Director), 1980

Size: 9.75 x 8 inches.

In its early days the Mudd Club was a central gathering spot for the downtown No Wave film scene. Poet and actor Rene Ricard (1946-2014), actress Patti Astor, and filmmaker Eric Mitchell were all regulars at the club. This publicity still for Underground USA (1980) directed by Mitchell was photographed at the Mudd Club where a number of scenes in the film were shot.

Eric Mitchell Patti Astor Rene Ricard

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The No Wave and Independent films produced in downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s are an intriguing hybrid art form that intermingles music, fashion, performance and visual art.