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Special Dossier: Zoë Lund

Editor: Adrian Martin  Editorial Assistant: Grant McDonald

Zoë Lund (1962-1999), formerly Tamerlis, is an icon of the New York underground, best known for her participation in two Abel Ferrara classics: Ms .45 (1981), in which she stars, and Bad Lieutenant (1992), which she wrote and appeared in. Yet Zoë Lund's remarkable life as an artist and activist covers many extraordinary projects, and offers the embodiment of a radical philosophy. This final Special Dossier looks at Lund's writing (screenplays and essays), her involvement with political and experimental cinema, and the films with which she was variously involved throughout the '80s and '90s, including the short she directed, Hot Ticket (1993).

Zoë Lund in The Houseguest

Introduction: Reflections on Zoë Lund by Robert Lund The Ship with Eight Sails (and Fifty Black Cannons) by Zoë Lund "I Had To Do It In My Life As Well As In The Film": An Interview with Zoë Lund by Nicole Brenez and Agathe Dreyfus Ms .45: Angel, Femme Fatale, Seamstress by Sophie Charlin     French     English Free Will and Testament (screenplay excerpt) by Zoë Lund The Zoë Lund Cinematheque: short essays on six films on which Zoë Lund variously worked as actor, writer or director.

Ms .45 by Ron Pettersson Special Effects by Adrian Martin The Houseguest by Sophie Charlin Exquisite Corpses by Brad Stevens Bad Lieutenant by Ron Pettersson Hot Ticket by Nicole Brenez
	Zoë Lund in a publicity still for Ms .45