Punk and Circumstance

This past Saturday, we joined the ladies and their lads for a screening of the French punk film La Brune et Moi at Williamsburg's Monkeytown (a super cool space with delicious drinks...try the lavender mojito). Shot in one week and a day on a "borrowed" camera, this charmingly flimsy story follows Parisian punkster Anoushka as she flings herself into both the punk rock scene and the men in its periphery. While Hamish found her "frightening", I loved her Robert Smith hair and ridiculously short dresses paired with grandpa cardigans. With 1980's Paris as a backdrop and several performances from obscure French punk bands, this is a lost film (literally...it was found last year by Rockenscope after vanishing following it's premiere in 1980) that demands more screen time. You can contact Brune if you're interested in screening it in your town, and I suggest you do. It makes for great late night, pre-party entertainment.