Name: Scumrock
Director: Jon Moritsugu
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2002-08-28
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Cast: Courtney Stephens, Kyp Malone, Amy Davis, James Duval

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Scumrock (2002)

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A pretentious underground filmmaker struggles with his masterpiece while a scuzzy punkoid chick tries to keep her band from fading into obscurity.

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Scumrock is a 2002 comedy-drama directed by Jon Moritsugu that received a mixed critical reception. The film follows a pretentious underground filmmaker struggling with his masterpiece and a scuzzy punkoid chick trying to keep her band from fading into obscurity. While divisive, the film has developed a cult following over the years.

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Fans of director Jon Moritsugu's offbeat, irreverent style will find much to appreciate in the quirky 2002 comedy-drama 'Scumrock', which blends pretentious underground filmmaking with the gritty punk rock scene for a wholly unique cinematic experience.

About

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.