Knot Book Shop Podcast

Bruce LaBruce

Knot Book Shop Podcast

Show Notes

For our first episode we had the pleasure of talking to legendary queer filmmaker Bruce LaBruce. Bruce is a filmmaker, photographer and Writer known for such iconoclastic films as No Skin Off My Ass, Hustler White, LA Zombie & many more. We talked about his involvement documenting a day of filming on the set of Harmony Korine's Film Julien Donkey Boy, being caught smoking crack by Gus Van Sant, Warholian Influences, Bruce's Verdict on Top Gun Maverick & much more. Our audio quality will improve…… THIS WAS RECORDED IN LATE OCTOBER SO EXHIBITIONS BRUCE SPOKE ABOUT HAVE PASSED UNFORTUNATELY.

LINKS Link to Buy Bruce's new book 'Photo Ephemera Part 1" https://www.baronbooks.co.uk/product-page/pre-order-bruce-labruce-photo-ephemera-part-one Link to Bruce's essay Documenting his time visiting the set of Julien Donkey Boy https://rohandrape.net/ut/rttcc-text/Labruce1999a.pdf Link to "Into the Night with Gaspar Noe & Harmony Korine" filmed by Bruce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYiN2um9-Zs

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