Avant-garde filmmakers like Andy Warhol, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Jack Smith were notable influences, as was French Nouvelle Vague cinema, Italian neorealism, early 1970s intimate low budget European films, such as Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film Last Tango in Paris, and a general interest in the history of film noir. Handheld Super 8 film cameras were initially the means to shoot the films often in the street, in downtown nightclubs, in cars, or apartments using available light.
Avant-garde filmmakers like Andy Warhol Pier Paolo Pasolini Jean-Pierre Melville Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Jack Smith were notable influences as was French Nouvelle Vague cinema Italian neorealism early 1970s intimate low budget European films such as Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film Last Tango in Paris and a general interest in the history of film noir Handheld Super 8 film cameras were initially the means to shoot the films often in the street in downtown nightclubs in cars or apartments using available light