Rachel Amodeo Productions

FILMMAKER RACHEL AMODEO

In 1982 Rachel moved to New York City to pursue her career as a rock drummer. She started her own band Vacuum Bag and later joined Das Furlines.

In the late 1980s she wrote, produced, and starred the cult film “What About Me”, a cinema verite portrait of the East Village, working with an ensemble cast of NYC's punk rock luminaries. The film was ranked #64 of “The Greatest Independent Films of the 20th Century” by The New Yorker in 2023.

A FILM BY RACHEL AMODEO





STARRING
Rachel Amodeo, Richard Edson, Richard Hell, Nick Zedd

WITH
Judy Carne, Gregory Corso, Jerry Nolan
Dee Dee Ramone, Rockets Redglare, Johnny Thunders


MUSIC
Johnny Thunders, Bob Quine

DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Mark Brady, M. Henry Jones



#64 of The New Yorker's “Greatest Independent Films of the 20th Century”