Psychic TV: First Transmission

Jan 1, 1982

4h 0m

★ 6.8

Overview

For over 30 years, the so-called First Transmission video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, “snuff film” legend. First advertised in the back pages of Thee Grey Book , The First Transmission was an ultra weird touchstone of the underground VHS tape trading scene of the 1980s.

Genres

Documentary

Horror

Production Companies

Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth

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Cast

David Tibet

Genesis P-Orridge

Cosey Fanni Tutti

Peter Christopherson

Self (archive footage)

Jim Jones

Brion Gysin

This short film is part of a mixed media artwork of the same name, which also included postcards of Ader crying, sent to friends of his, with the title of the work as a caption. The film was initially ten minutes long, and included Ader rubbing his eyes to produce the tears, but was cut down to three and a half minutes. This shorter version captures Ader at his most anguished. His face is framed closely. There is no introduction or conclusion, no reason given and no relief from the anguish that is presented.

6.0

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1.0

Nightfall

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7.1

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0.0

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5.2

Burrp!

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No overview available.

6.6

Meat Joy

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6.7

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7.6

Exhuma

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0.0

Marepe

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10.0

An immersion into the Divine Feminine

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3.7

The Ritual

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0.0

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Jan 5, 2024

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4.9

Julia

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0.0

Watch the Sparrow Bleed

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Psychic TV: First Transmission

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