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Blank Generation

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  • 1h 30m
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4.7/10
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Blank Generation (1980)
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Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and ... Read allNada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist tryin... Read allNada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.
IMDb RATING
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    • Ulli Lommel
  • Writers
    • Ulli Lommel(story)
    • Richard Hell(screenplay)
    • Robert Madero(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Carole Bouquet
    • Richard Hell
    • Ulli Lommel
    • Ulli Lommel
  • Writers
    • Ulli Lommel(story)
    • Richard Hell(screenplay)
    • Robert Madero(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Carole Bouquet
    • Richard Hell
    • Ulli Lommel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Richard Hell in Blank Generation (1980)
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    Carole Bouquet
    Carole Bouquet
    • Nada
    Richard Hell
    • Billy
    Ulli Lommel
    Ulli Lommel
    • Hoffritz
    Suzanna Love
    Suzanna Love
    • Lizzy
    Howard Grant
    Howard Grant
    • Jack
    Ben Weiner
    • Kellerman
    Andy Warhol
    Andy Warhol
    • Self
    Robert Madero
    • Harry
    • (as Bob Madero)
    Igor
    • Bartender
    Bill Milling
    • Marlowe
    David Pinnock
    • Bobby Butler
    Frank J. Butler
    • Bobby's Father
    • (as J. Frank Butler)
    Robert Quine
    • Voidoids
    Ivan Julian
    • Voidoids
    Marky Ramone
    Marky Ramone
    • Voidoids
    • (as Mark Bell)
    Walter Steading
    • Violin Player
      • Ulli Lommel
    • Writers
      • Ulli Lommel(story) (screenplay)
      • Richard Hell(screenplay)
      • Robert Madero(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Richard Hell sensed a lot of resentment from director Ulli Lommel as the shoot went on due to Richard being the center of the film and having both Carole Bouquet and Suzanna Love's characters be his love interest and so, Lommel halfway through filming decided to write himself into the film and take some of the focus away from Richard and be Carole's love interest in the film.
    • Quotes

      Hoffritz: [on the telephone] Hello, could I talk to Mr. Andy Warhol?

      [pause]

      Hoffritz: Tell him to call me back in the Westbury room 705, thanks.

    • Connections
      Edited into Ulli Lommel's Zodiac Killer (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Blank Generation
      Written by Richard Hell
      Performed by Richard Hell & The Voidoids

    User reviews13

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    2/10
    Why?
    I looked for this film years ago because I am in it. I am the video camera operator/ lighting director. I actually ran the TV Studio that was rented to the film company and Ulli Lommel. Except for the vodka bottle he carried around with him all the time I don't remember much other than Warhol coming in and that from one little scene they began asking me to do more which I liked. The film is AWFUL. Poor representation of the music scene it purports and boring storyline.
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    • lbnathan
    • Oct 17, 2021

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1980 (West Germany)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • CBGB's - 315 Bowery, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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