Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita

Synopsis

The film traces Sam McKinlay’s early days as a punk skateboarder through his academic development as a conceptual artist into a highly esteemed noise practitioner whose work bridges the gap between the gallery world and the sleaze of exploitation film imagery. It documents the physical processes of his work and the distillation of visuals into sound, most notably addressing the appeal of abstraction—from the cheap effects of old monster movie makeup to the ‘masks’ created by the heavy cosmetic makeup of 1920s flapper culture and actresses like Pamela Stanford in Jess Franco’s Lorna the Exorcist (The Rita has albums or EPs named after several eurotrash actresses, including The Nylons of Laura Antonelli (2009) and Monica Swinn/Pamela Stanford (2016)).

Main Cast

Sam McKinlay

himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Mike McKinlay
	Camera Production Assistant	Christian Trineer
Sound	Sound Mixer	George Faulkner
Editing	Colorist	George Faulkner
	Editor	Mike McKinlay
Production	Producer	Kier-La Janisse
Directing	Director	Mike McKinlay
Department	Role	Name

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