SMALL PRESS

Leonard Schrader and Sheldon Renan's 1981 documentary on violence in American society was never released for almost 40 years in the country which it profiles, such was its visceral impact and blunt force message. The film was a major success in Australia, running for 3 weeks at Melbourne's Capitol theatre and huge sales on home video. For people of a certain generation, viewing was a rite of passage - an assemblage of various real-life footage in the peak era of the US serial killer, political assassinations and the post-Vietnam mayhem of American society. Ex Film's Australian Blu-ray restoration and release was accompanied by this 84 page perfect-bound booklet containing liner notes by Dean Brandum (Technicolor Yawn) and Chris Desjardins (The Flesh Eaters, Slash magazine), ad mats, theatrical and home video art and Japanese promotional material translated into English for the first time.