MY DEGENERATION
dir. Jon Moritsugu, 1990
70 mins. United States.

TUESDAY, JULY 2 - 10 PM
SUNDAY, JULY 7 - 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, JULY 16 -7:30
FRIDAY, JULY 19 - 10 PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 - 10 PM

Continuing the rich legacy of late-night Girl Group mondo pictures, MY DEGENERATION updates the hippie sleaze of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and the punk delirium of LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE FABULOUS STAINS with a dispatch from the late ‘80s art school wastoid pukescape. Just as ‘indie rock’ was about to cash its check with the meteoric ascent of Nirvana and company, the film follows teen band Bunny Love’s rise to the ambassadorship of the American Beef Institute. Replete with fuzzed-out regurgitations of the midnight movie semiosphere, it's the cinematic equivalent of the sub-genre Robert Christgau once referred to as “pig-fuck.” Moritsugu’s future wife Amy Davis co-stars, plus a parade of top-notch tracks from Vomit Launch, The Fizzbombs, Halo of Flies, and Bongwater. So puerile, it caused American’s favorite film critic (and BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS scribe) Roger Ebert to walk out after 7 minutes. Two middle fingers all the way up!

*Preceded by the shorts MOMMY MOMMY WHERE'S MY BRAIN (1986) and L'IL DEBBIE SNACKWHORE OF NEW YORK CITY (1987).