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Tramps!

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TRAMPS! is a feature-length documentary focusing on the iconic fashion and musical movement The New Romantics AKA "Blitz Kids" from London, England. Centering around key members of this movement, the film recounts the tale of how this group of outsiders helped reinvent London's infamous underground art community, gaining them worldwide notoriety. From the original squatted communes like "The Exploding Galaxy" in the 1960's, to the pre-punk art movement and confrontational performance work in squatted industrial spaces in the 1970s', the short-lived punk movement from 1977 to 1979, up to the flamboyant "Blitz Kids" that established the more well known moniker of the "New Romantics" in the 1980's, we look at how this long-established sense of hedonism was unexpectedly stomped out by the AIDS crisis, while certain elements of it flooded out from the underground and completely took over mainstream through rave culture in the 1990's and points towards the exasperated London of today.

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Cath Clarke Guardian 12/07/2023
3/5
In hindsight there’s something quaint, endearing even, about the New Romantics mentality. Go to Full Review Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org 02/28/2023
Fiercely political, Tramps! is a radical defence of art in the purest sense and stands proudly as a lens through which to frame a desperately needed contemporary reassessment of current attitudes towards the relationship between art and commerce. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International 03/28/2022
[A] thrilling, far-reaching kaleidoscopic collage of a documentary... Go to Full Review Daniel Allen Loud and Clear Reviews 07/25/2024
4/5
The closing film at this year’s BFI Flare Festival, TRAMPS!, is an audio-visual whirlwind and a beguiling documentary that pays tribute to the New Romantic scene. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 06/25/2024
Tramps!—a title that never makes much contextual sense—shows the New Romantics to have been a lot more compelling than the cultural footnote they fast got reduced to. Go to Full Review Nadine Whitney InSession Film 06/25/2024
Tramps! reminds the audience that there are those who will never Fade to Grey. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Kevin Hegge

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Duggie Fields

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Judy Blame

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Princess Julia

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John Maybury

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Philip Sallon

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Synopsis TRAMPS! is a feature-length documentary focusing on the iconic fashion and musical movement The New Romantics AKA "Blitz Kids" from London, England. Centering around key members of this movement, the film recounts the tale of how this group of outsiders helped reinvent London's infamous underground art community, gaining them worldwide notoriety. From the original squatted communes like "The Exploding Galaxy" in the 1960's, to the pre-punk art movement and confrontational performance work in squatted industrial spaces in the 1970s', the short-lived punk movement from 1977 to 1979, up to the flamboyant "Blitz Kids" that established the more well known moniker of the "New Romantics" in the 1980's, we look at how this long-established sense of hedonism was unexpectedly stomped out by the AIDS crisis, while certain elements of it flooded out from the underground and completely took over mainstream through rave culture in the 1990's and points towards the exasperated London of today.
Director
Kevin Hegge
Producer
Kevin Hegge, Brian Robertson
Screenwriter
Kevin Hegge, Kevin Hegge
Production Co
Low End
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 44m
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