Amos Poe

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Amos Poe, born Amos Jay Porges, was a quintessential New York independent filmmaker, a key figure in the emergence of the No Wave cinema movement that evolved from the punk music scene and flourished from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s on New York's Lower East Side.

Most Popular Amos Poe Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York Trailer (2009)

03 July 2009

the connections and energy flow between the various artists populating the 1980s sub-cultures of New York and Berlin.

Joey Breaker Trailer (1993)

14 May 1993

Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first in line.

Subway Riders Trailer (1981)

02 April 1981

A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

Stiletto Trailer (1981)

30 January 1981

A woman, Nadja, searches for her sister's murderer. This search goes through differing moments of reality, or unreality, that overlap within facets of a broken-up time sense.

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Trailer (2013)

11 October 2013

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

The Guitar Trailer (2008)

07 November 2008

The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend.

Alphabet City Trailer (1984)

04 March 1984

A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.

Dead Weekend Trailer (1995)

08 October 1995

In the midst of an evacuation effort, True World Forces agent Weed must secure an alien spacecraft suspected to have crashed somewhere in the city.

The Foreigner Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

Frogs for Snakes Trailer (1998)

14 August 1998

A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater.

TV Party Trailer (2005)

03 August 2005

From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and directed by filmmaker Amos Poe, the hour long show took television where it had never gone before: to the edge of civility and "sub-realism" as Glenn would put it.

Rocket Gibraltar Trailer (1988)

02 September 1988

A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect.

Smithereens Trailer (1982)

09 November 1982

A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.

Downtown '81 Trailer (2001)

13 July 2001

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted.

Unmade Beds Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City circa 1976 who longs to inhabit the "New Wave" scene of mid-60s Paris.

Hunter Trailer (2013)

27 July 2013

Two friends vie for the attention of a stranger who passes out at their doorstep.

Blank City Trailer (2011)

06 April 2011

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.

Night Lunch Trailer (1975)

09 December 1975

This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavor The Blank Generation (1976) came to be.

Cinématon XVII Trailer (1982)

04 May 1982

Reel 17 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

A Walk in the Park Trailer (2012)

09 November 2012

A Walk In The Park is, in the words of its protagonist Brian Fass, “a science fiction film, a psychedelic journey back to the womb.

Empire II Trailer (2007)

01 April 2007

A tribute to the bustling beauty of Manhattan, inspired by Andy Warhol's 1964 film "Empire".

Adios Trailer (2025)

01 January 2025

"Shortly after Amos went into home hospice he began filming ‘Adios’, a short film, compiled of 16mm and Super 8 footage, to premiere at his memorial, chronicling all the family and friends who have come to visit.

Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle Trailer (2003)

07 June 2003

A musical documentary film about the politically minded singer/songwriter Steve Earle.

The Blank Generation Trailer (1976)

22 April 1976

The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).

Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole Trailer (1992)

21 March 1992

The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap.

HoLEY Trailer (2024)

11 August 2024

During a visit to New York from Egypt, Mark, a 32-year-old Orthodox Christian, decides to lose his virginity, facing all the cultural and religious restrictions that have shaped his character.

La commedia di Amos Poe Trailer (2010)

01 September 2010

A new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy channeling the tools of Edward Muybridge and a meditation on the perception of motion in a motion picture.

A Bit of Time with Amos Poe Trailer (2021)

29 December 2021

Shot on the streets of New York City, an intimate portrait of the legendary No Wave cinema pioneer.