Photographer Richard Kern asks his models to "roll around and do something interesting for a few minutes". Extra Action documents 60 of these innocent amateur incidents set to an original musical score by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
Score
Thurston Moore's droning guitars turn awkward into atmospheric.
Direction
Kern's deadpan instruction: 'do something interesting.' They try.
Director
Richard Kern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kern emerged from NYC's Cinema of Transgression movement alongside Lydia Lunch and Nick Zedd—this is practically his wholesome phase.
Thurston Moore recorded the score without seeing footage first, creating accidental synchronicities that Kern later curated into 'incidents.'
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