Lung Leg (born Elisabeth Carr; July 8, 1963, in
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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) is an American
pin-up girl
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and actress perhaps best known for appearing on the cover of the
Sonic Youth album ''
EVOL Evol may refer to:
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* EvoL, South Korean girl group
* "E.V.O.L.", a song by Marina and the Diamonds
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''. During the 1980s, she gained fame as a model and star of films made by the
transgressive movement.
Film career
Lung Leg appeared in several
Richard Kern
Richard Kern (born 1954) is an American underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to prominence as part of the cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films like ...
films, notably starring in one of his longest features, the 1985 film ''You Killed Me First,'' as well as appearing in ''Worm Movie'' (1985) and ''Fingered'' (1986). She also appeared in two music videos directed by Kern, "Concubine" (1984) by
Butthole Surfers and
Sonic Youth song "Death Valley '69" (1985).
After her film career in the 1980s, Lung Leg left the public sphere for several years.
Nick Zedd
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wrote in his autobiography, ''
Totem of the Depraved'', that she relocated to Minneapolis, before moving back to New York City after a short romance with German musician
Blixa Bargeld of
Einstürzende Neubauten
(, 'Collapsing New Buildings') is a German experimental music group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The group is currently composed of founding members Blixa Bargeld (lead vocals; guitar; keyboard) and N.U. Unruh ( custom-made instruments; p ...
and
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
She resumed her film career in 2005, appearing in the Mike Etoll film ''Sewer Baby.'' In it, she played a bartender dealing with
Tiny Tim, various monsters, special effects and a primordial dwarf. In 2011, Lung Leg appeared in ''
The Hagstone Demon'', a film directed by
Jon Springer.
In 2010, Lung Leg appeared in the documentary ''Blank City'' featuring interviews with participants in the
no wave cinema and transgressive cinema movements.
There are few known interviews with her; one appeared in issue No. 12 of ''
Film Threat'' magazine (1987), and another, by Duane Davis, appeared in the book, ''
Deathtripping First published as ''Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression'' by Creation Books in 1995 and subsequently republished as ''Deathtripping: The Extreme Underground'' by Soft Skull Press, ''Deathtripping'' is a book by Jack Sargeant which examines ...
: The Cinema of Transgression'' (1995), edited by Jack Sargent.
An excerpt of a now lost video interview of her appears in ''
IDN4'' (1991).
References
External links
*
''Film Threat''A synopsis of ''Film Threat'' issue No. 12, which featured the only known Lung Leg interview.
''Sewer Baby'' trailer on YouTube''' – The official trailer for Mike Etoll's ''Sewer Baby'', featuring Lung Leg.
Crepuscular Planet WCCO 4!– A goofy prank played live and on the air during a Minneapolis news broadcast in 2002, featuring Lung Leg, Mike Etoll and others.
''You Killed Me First'' (Pt. 1)on YouTube
''You Killed Me First'' (Pt. 2)on YouTube
''Submit to Me''on YouTube
''I Was in a Richard Kern Movie''on YouTube — Lung Leg and Cruella DeVille discuss their roles in Richard Kern's Super 8 films.
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Living people
1963 births
Actresses from Minneapolis
21st-century American women