August 22, 2024

Amos Poe’s No Wave Film The Foreigner, Photos by Fernando Natalici, 1978

Amos Poe, The Foreigner, with Eric Mitchell, Patty Astor, Debbie Harry, poster, 1978

Poster size: 11 x 17 inches

The No Wave films produced in downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s remain an intriguing hybrid of art, fashion, music, and performance. No film was more evocative of the No Wave genre than Amos Poe’s The Foreigner, with its noir narrative and glamorous cast of musicians, artists and nightlife celebrities.

Rarely screened today, The Foreigner lives on primarily through the excellent on-set photographs taken by Fernando Natalici to publicize the film. Gallery 98 has a number of vintage resin-coated prints made from the original negatives by Natalici in the early 1990s when The Foreigner was first released as a VHS video. All prints are signed and annotated by Natalici.

Gallery 98 also has vintage press photos and publicity posters by other No Wave filmmakers including Beth B and Scott B, Charlie Ahearn, Eric Mitchell, James Nares, Nick Zedd and others. Check out our updated online exhibition No Wave and Independent Film.