Blonde Death
1984 / Dir. James Robert Baker / 98 mins / Color
Shot for $2000 on video by “James Dillinger” (aka author James Robert Baker) and produced by Los Angeles art collective EZTV, BLONDE DEATH is a savage blast of underground anarchy. The story follows the transformation of Tammy Lynn Beaverdorf (Sara Lee Wade) from bubbly teen to death-tripping speed freak—an in-your-face rampage of sex, drugs, and violence that climaxes with scenes that were secretly filmed inside Disneyland. Satiric, subversive, and gleefully enraged, BLONDE DEATH is an essential chapter of queer cinema history.
Special Features
- Preservation from the original 3/4” tape master
- Commentary with queer film historians Elizabeth Purchell & KJ Shepherd
- Interview with star Sara Lee Wade
- Interview with EZTV Director Michael J. Masucci
- Archival interview with EZTV founder John Dorr
- John Dorr’s 1986 tour of EZTV
- English SDH subtitles
- Director
- James Robert Baker
- Runtime
- 98 mins
- Format
- Blu-ray
- Region
- Region Free
- Street date
- January 30, 2024
- Catalog
- BS-001
