An in depth conversation with artist, preservationist, educator and writer Stephen Broomer about his new home video label Black Zero. With the first three titles now available, Stephen discusses all three titles in detail as well as their restoration processes for home media releases and a broader discussion about viewing experimental cinema in your own home. There is a lot of variety in the releases so far, from the psychedelic influenced social commentary conceived as "cinema therapy" in Palace of Pleasure by John Hofsess, the diaristic, structural explorations of Keith Lock's Everything, Everywhere, Again, Alive to the madcap caper of Arthur Lipsett's Strange Codes (an unusual film by the artist that does not use found footage), there is perhaps already something for everyone here.
The films released and discussed so far are:
Palace of Pleasure by John Hofsess
Everything, Everywhere, Again, Alive by Keith Lock
Strange Codes by Arthur Lipsett
View video essays about one of these titles and other classics of genre and experimental film at:
https://vimeo.com/artandtrash?embedded=false&source=owner_name&owner=48630378
Purchase the new Blu Rays from Stephen's Black Zero at: