Underground U.S.A. Explained

Underground U.S.A.
Director:	Eric Mitchell
Producer:	Eric Mitchell
Starring:	Patti Astor Rene Ricard Jackie Curtis Taylor Mead
Distributor:	New Line Cinema
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Underground U.S.A. is a 1980 American underground film directed by Eric Mitchell and starring Patti Astor, Rene Ricard, Jackie Curtis, Cookie Mueller, Tom Wright, John Lurie, and Taylor Mead.^[1] Future director Jim Jarmusch was the sound recordist on this film.^[2]

Premise

An older woman (Astor) looks for love with younger men in a take-off of Sunset Boulevard (1950). Punk musicians kidnap Mudd Club owner Steve Mass.^[3]

See also

• List of films released by New Line Cinema
• No wave cinema

Notes and References

1. Book: Boch, Richard. The Mudd Club. Feral House. 2017. 978-1-62731-051-2. Port Townsend, WA. 172. English. 972429558.
2. Book: Scheibel . Will . American Stranger: Modernisms, Hollywood, and the Cinema of Nicholas Ray . 2017 . State University of New York Press . 978-1-4384-6413-8 . 179 . en.
3. Book: Boch, Richard. The Mudd Club. Feral House. 2017. 978-1-62731-051-2. Port Townsend, WA. 172–173. English. 972429558.