Kathy Acker wanders frozen rivers while Nick Cave watches — poetry or breakdown? You decide.
I am so endlessly alone. Whats my illusions, whats my odds, and illusions have to be killed, I don't have more time to destroy. Is my loneliness real and is my longing about what? Then who are this people?
Acting
Acker's raw presence — unfiltered, unperforming, unforgettable
Direction
Kubiak channels Cassavetes through a feminist ice storm
Director
Malga Kubiak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kubiak shot this during actual winter in Poland with barely functional equipment, which explains the genuine hypothermia vibes.
This captures the dying breath of 1980s NYC downtown scene — Acker, Giorno, and Cave as last witnesses before gentrification killed the bohemia they documented.
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