So Why Have You Not Seen “Hail the New Puritan”?
Mark E. Smith in "Hail the New Puritan" (1987)
When I was a Master’s student at Illinois State University, I helped start and run a film club. We specialized in more obscure cinema. And one film I always wanted to show was Hail the New Puritan (1985–6), a fictionalized documentary by Charles Atlas about the British dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. It’s punk ballet!
The only problem was, I couldn’t find a copy of the film…