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Jack Sargeant (born 1968) is a writer specialising in cult film, underground film, and independent film, as well as subcultures, true crime, and other aspects of the unusual. In addition he is a film programmer and an academic. He currently lives in Australia. Since 1995 Jack Sargeant has written and contributed to numerous books on underground film, including: ''Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression'', about Cinema of Transgression filmmakers such as Richard Kern and Nick Zedd, ''Naked Lens: Beat Cinema'', and ''Cinema Contra Cinema'', a collection of essays on alternative film. He is the editor of the journal ''Suture'', and has co-edited two volumes ''Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of the Road Movie'' (with Stephanie Watson) and ''No Focus: Punk on Film'' (with Chris Barber). In 2007 ''Deathtripping'' was republished by Soft Skull Press, this was followed by a re-printing of ''Naked Lens: Beat Cinema'' in 2008.〔http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/interview-jack-sargeant-on-naked-lens〕 In 2014 a collection of essays on the world of William Burroughs and associated artists such as Brion Gysin was published as ''Against Control'' by Swedish publisher Eight Millimetre.〔http://www.realtimeart.net/article/issue121/11586〕 He has contributed to numerous books on subjects ranging from Andy Warhol movies to road rage and car crash songs and his work has been included in collections such as Mikita Brottman's ''Car Crash Culture'', Mendick & Harper's ''Underground USA'', Wollen & Kerr's ''Autopia'', among others. He has also authored and edited true crime books including ''Born Bad, Death Cults'', ''Bad Cop Bad Cop'', and ''Guns, Death Terror. These books have featured contributions from Monte Cazazza, Michael Spann, Andrew Leavold, John Harrison, Simon Whitechapel, Chris Barber, and others. Jack has written introductions for Joe Coleman's ''Book of Joe'' and photographer Romain Slocombe's ''Tokyo Sex Underground''. He has contributed to publications such as Headpress as well as Panik, Electric Sheep, The Wire, Fortean Times and Bizarre magazine, as well as academic journals such as ''Senses of Cinema'' and ''M/C''. Since 2008 he has written film reviews and a regular column for the Australian film magazine FilmInk focusing on unusual areas of film culture. He has also appeared as an occasional guest on ABC Radio National's MovieTime. Between 2001–2003 he was film editor at large for Sleazenation. Jack has written cover notes for DVDs by various underground and independent filmmakers, including the British Film Institute's DVD release of Kirby Dick's film ''Sick: The Life And Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist' ''and their Jeff Keen DVD box set'. In addition he has contributed liner notes to the Throbbing Gristle TGV DVD box set.'' Jack has appeared in numerous film and TV documentaries on culture and film, as well as having cameos in underground films. He has also appeared on recordings by the experimental group I/O. He has promoted and organised shows for filmmakers and artists at the Horse Hospital in London and Cinematheque in Brighton, UK, and has also toured film festivals in America, Europe, and Australia, including the New York Underground Film Festival, the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival, and Sydney Underground Film Festival. In 2002 and 2003 he collaborated with Simon Kane on The Salon, an annual event that has featured performances by David Tibet, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Cotton Ferox. Since 2008 he has been Program Director for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, and in 2010 he curated the film program for Sydney Biennale. == Bibliography == *Against Contol Eight Millimetre, 2014. *Naked Lens: Beat Cinema, revised third edition NYC, Soft Skull, 2008. *Deathtripping: the Extreme Underground, revised third edition NYC, Soft Skull, 2007. *No Focus: Punk On Film, (co-edited with Chris Barber), Headpress, 2006. *Bad Cop / Bad Cop, (as editor), London: Virgin Books, 2003. *Guns, Death, Terror, (as editor), London: Creation Books, 2002. *Death Cults, (as editor), London: Virgin Books, 2002. *Lost Highways: A History of the Road Movie, (co-edited with Stephanie Watson) London: Creation Books, 2000. *Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression revised second edition, London: Creation Books, 2000. *Cinema Contra Cinema, Berchem: Fringecore, 1999. *Suture 1, London: Creation Books, 1998. *The Naked Lens: Beat Cinema, London: Creation Books, 1997. *Born Bad, London: Creation Books, 1996. *Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression, London: Creation Books, 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Sargeant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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