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Police State

Name: Police State
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-11-28
Duration: 18 min
Rating: 5

Not Rated

Drama

5/10(5 ratings)

Zedd is minding his business, when he is stopped by a cop who accuses him of being a junkie. After a short argument he is beaten and dragged to the police station. At the station he is interrogated by a detective (Rockets Redglare) and the police chief. After being beaten and tortured several more times, Nick Zedd's character mutilates himself with some hedge cutters.

11-28-1987

18 min

Main Cast

Nick Zedd

Nick Zedd was an American filmmaker and author based in New York City. He coined the term "Cinema of Transgression" in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work. Zedd directed several super-low-budget movies, including the feature length They Eat Scum and Geek Maggot Bingo, as well as numerous short films.

Known For

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2007

Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd

2001

Other People's Mirrors

2004

Rockets Redglare

Rockets Redglare (May 8, 1949 – May 28, 2001) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian. As well as his career as an entertainer, he worked as a roadie for a band called The Hassles (with a young Billy Joel), and as a bodyguard and drug supplier to punk rock bassist Sid Vicious and artist-musician Jean Michel Basquiat.