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Beth B, in collaboration with legendary downtown performance artist/musician Lydia Lunch, creates a chilling yet poetic vision of despairing nihilism -- literally, a "meditation on death." In this noirishly rendered narrative, a woman negotiates the banalities of life.

12m1991

English

Crew and Cast

Beth B

Lydia Lunch

Storyline

Beth B, in collaboration with legendary downtown performance artist/musician Lydia Lunch, creates a chilling yet poetic vision of despairing nihilism -- literally, a "meditation on death." In this noirishly rendered narrative, a woman negotiates the banalities of life.

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 22 May 1991
Runtime: 12m

Production

Director: Beth B
Writers: Lydia Lunch

Languages

Original: English