Jon Moritsugu Double Feature // Get Punk'd

A force of nature since 1985, underground icon Jon Moritsugu—in partnership with wife Amy Davis—creates candy-colored genre riots that feel like NC-17 sitcoms from outer space. Moritsugu's fearless, protopunk deconstructions function as a giant middle finger to everything from racism to gender expectations—while also exploring themes of Asian-American identity. We’re having a double feature of two our favorites, MOD FUCK EXPLOSION and TERMINAL USA! 

MOD FUCK EXPLOSION - A fucked-up teen girl (Amy Davis) looks for love and a leather jacket to call her own on the night of the big rumble between the mods and a gang of Japanese bikers. Featuring a killer soundtrack by Unrest and Karyo Tengoku, cameos from queer icons Mx. Justin Vivian Bond and Leigh Crow, and a climax involving 800 lbs. of rotting beef, MOD FUCK EXPLOSION is a potent blast of teenage hate and rebellion.

TERMINAL USA - Holly (Jenny Woo), Marvin (writer/director Jon Moritsugu), and Katzumi (Moritsugu again) are average Asian-American teenage siblings with not-so-average predilections for backstabbing, kinky sex, and drug-fueled freakouts. Neglected by their parents, the kids turn to outside “help”  in order to escape their bored existence. Naturally, this leads to gore killings, sex tapes, and the most hilarious phone conversations ever captured on 16mm film. TERMINAL USA is a crucial piece of 1990s alternative cinema—smart, shocking, and one of the most deranged films to ever be funded by American taxpayers.

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'GET PUNK'D' is a monthly series recognizing the obscurity and unruliness of punk subculture. Ranging from low-budget indie flicks to coming-of-age dramas, these films feature a heavy dose of gritty rock 'n' roll soundtracks, DIY methods, and anti-establishment attitudes.