Scanners' exploding head guy finally gets his brain picked — and it's a trip.
Jon Jost: "RANT is a discursive portrait of Steven Lack, actor (Cronenberg's Scanners, Alan Moyle's Rubber Gun, Jost's All the Vermeers in New York) and full-time painter/artist in the New York scene since the late 1970's. The film provides a glimpse of this world through Lack's friends, dealers, and family, while showcasing his paintings and sculptures, and giving an insight into the creative processes of this driven artist."
Direction
Jost's lo-fi, conversational approach lets Lack unravel beautifully.
Production
Raw access to 1970s-80s NYC art world without nostalgia polish.
Director
Jon Jost
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lack famously improvised most of his dialogue in Scanners; this documentary proves that wasn't a fluke.
The film captures the last gasp of affordable SoHo artist lofts before Manhattan priced out its own creative class.
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