Shredder Orpheus

Shredder Orpheus was a movie filmed in Seattle, starring mostly Northwest actors, released in 1990. It's biggest claim to fame is spoken word/performance artist Steven Jesse Bernstein had a good-sized role in the film. I rented a copy from Peaches records in the U-District and dubbed it, my copy is pretty bad, but a quick look around the Web shows you can pick up a used copy for under $4 these days. Obviously even though it's a pretty rare movie, it's not exactly sought after. But if you're from the Northwest, the Bernstein content is worth watching and the movie is so bad it's funny. The soundtrack was composed by Roland Barker, musicians Amy Denio, Bill Rieflin and Dennis Rea all played on it. And a bunch of local skaters had parts (Wez Lundry who worked at Fallout and did Pool Dust zine, Chris Vanderbrooke and a few others).

Shredder Orpheus retells the tragic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice, only the setting is in a post-apocalyptic Seattle. A skateboarder named Orpheus lives with friends in old shipping containers in and area called "The Grey Zone." Mostly Orpheus and his friends street skate, talk shit, and play in a band called The Shredders. He plans to marry the love of his life, this kinda goth chick named Eurydice, only she gets kidnapped and taken to Hades, which is run a televangelist, who runs at TV station called the Euthanasia Broadcast Network. Can Orpheus and his rag tag band of punky skater friends save Eurydice? And will they pull off any decent skating on their way to save the day? I guess you will have to track down a copy to find out. I doubt this will ever make it to DVD...