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. Walter Steding and his TV Party "Orchestra" provided a musical accompaniment to the madness at hand, and many artists and musicians, from The Clash, Nile Rodgers, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Bryne and Arto Lindsey were regular guests. It was the cocktail party that could be a political party. With 80 hours of disintegrating 3/4 inch videotape as a starting point, we tracked down the trend setting participants still living today and found out what they remember of the period and how the show influenced their lives. This, combined with clips from the orginal show, became the documentary "TV Party.
Directed by Danny Vinik
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Cast
Related
The Beach Boys
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Justin Bieber's Believe
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Bad 25
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Thriller 40
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
Katy Perry: Part of Me
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
The Last Waltz
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience