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Nelson guest stars as a Singing Peek Sister in one of the RuPaul Is Starbooty Adventures on this new DVD.

The Starbooty Trilogy


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MORE VIDEOS BY NELSON SULLIVAN ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

The Joy of John Sex

Fun Times With Wendy Wild

The East Village Superstars

The Warhol Superstars

Gabriel Rotello's Eclectic Circus

New York City's Music of the Night


This is reality television that is really real. Nothing is made up or faked. What Nelson Sullivan videotaped actually happened. It was real fun to do then. It's real fun to watch now.



Nelson Sullivan's
LEGENDS OF NEW YORK

Nelson Sullivan was in the center of a swirl of creativity that swept through Downtown New York in the 1980s. Fortunately for us today, he was there with his video camcorder creatively documenting the entertainment, the personalities, and the places that produced some of the most exciting stars of today.

Nelson has been described as the "Proust and Nureyev of the cinematograph." Nelson died suddenly of a heart attack on July 4, 1989, but he left behind a treasure of video, clips from which you can enjoy right here.




NELSON'S VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE



That clip is from the birthday party Michael Alig threw for Christina in 1988. One of the presents Christina got that night was a hammer and luckily no one was seriously injured during the party.


RuPaul premiered his album "RuPaul Is Starbooty - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" at NYC's Limelight as a special event for the New Music Seminar. Hosting the premiere party that night were Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, the producers of the album who were also The Fabulous Pop Tarts.



That clip is from a happy day at The World Trade Center when Nelson had a near surrealistic experience with his friend Nazomi and Eddie.



For their New York debut at the world famous Pyramid Club, NOW EXPLOSION had John Sex as emcee and for their finale number "Barbeque" were joined on stage by some local celebrity guests

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'Nelson & Christina' and 'Amnesia at Gay Day" - 2 videos produced by Robert Coddington from the videos of Nelson Sullivan - will be screened at the 2007 Newfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in New York City.



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THE NEW NELSON SULLIVAN DVD


AVAILABLE ONLY IN EUROPE



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Monologue for TV Show
from the new European DVD Nelson Sullivan Volume # 1
The Climage Group of Lausanne in association with Points de Vues of Paris recently released the first of 2 Volumes of Nelson Sullivan's videos. The 2nd volume is scheduled to appear in the Spring of 2006. Volume 1 includes Nelson's Monologue for TV Show - the television program Nelson was preparing to launch, until his sudden death 2 days after this video was recorded stopped that. Nelson's flowing style is of particular interest to the European visual artists. For more information about this new DVD, visit the Climage website.


James St. James - The Twilight Zone Episode
You'd think they'd all be so wicked - those exclusive VIP rooms secreted at the back of the club. But in the Twilight Zone, the reality is many times different.



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in The Twilight Zone



On November 19, 2005, in Sao Paulo Brazil, the Festival Mix Brasil premiered a new mulit-screen presentation of Nelson Sullivan's videos of New York's spectacular nightlife of the 1980s. Entitled "We're All On The List" and produced by Robbie Coddington, this 70 minute visual treat sweeps its viewers past the velvet ropes into the trendiest of nightclubs with the VIP treatment few in the real world can expect. Offered here is one dazzling glimpse from that presentation especially for you to enjoy.

You need quicktime 7.0.3 for this video to play (but not for the other ones on this site).

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International Chrysis, Leigh Bowery, James St. James

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Susanne Bartsch's Party
for Leigh Bowery at Bentley's

WHAT A TREAT!


David, co-captain of America's most sparkling magazine PAPER, just wrote a fun blog about Nelson. Here's one of Nelson's videos of PAPER's sparkling presentation celebrating their 5th anniversary at Susanne Bartch's Love Ball at Roseland.

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Paper's
Love Ball Presentation
featuring Joey Arias



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at Papermag

Nelson Sullivan's Journal Intime was a feature in the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival October 14-23, 2005


Two of Nelson's Favorites

Nelson loved so much going to the restaurant 7A, at the corner of Avenue A and 7th Street in the East Village a few doors down from the Pyramid Club. There the celebrities of the East Village would gather for food or visiting and almost everybody they wanted to see might come walking by.

Nelson also loved his Aunt Nancy very much. She resided in Kershaw SC, Nelson's childhood home, and lived a solitary existence entertaining herself by riding around in her Pontiac drinking a Sprite or a Pepsi Cola.

As these 2 Nelson videos show, even the simplest things can bring remarkable joy.



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An Afternoon at 7A


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A Ride With Aunt Nancy


See how Nelson applied his talent in this mini-documentary by acclaimed independent filmmaker Laurie Weltz

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Nelson Sullivan: Video Vampire by Laurie Weltz


Nelson Sullivan has been an engaging subject for many prominent writers. Some of the most informative of their articles are available online for your illumination.

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Nelson was with the Club Kids from the start.

(click here to see the invitation that started it all)



Goofin' Around At The Pyramid
Those Club Kids can have fun anywhere - even (or maybe especially) in the loo. In this video clip, you'll do some late-night hanging out with Michael, James, Keoki, Larry Tee, and and all those other fun people they meet just goofin' around.

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Goofin Around At Pyramid




Nelson's Videos are distributed in Europe by Climage

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Glimpses of Leigh Bowery's Birthday Party

Sister Dimension, Tom Rubnitz, Lahoma, RuPaul and The Pop Tarts are among the VIP guests as Leigh Bowery celebrates his birthday at his elegant downtown apartment on 2nd Avenue. Join Nelson as he records the ecstasy of this fabulous event.
Exerpted from the exhibit Nelson Sullivan's Downtown edited by Steve Lafreniere

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Glimpses of Leigh Bowery's Birthday Party

The Lady Bunny

Hey - it's the 20th Anniversary of the arrival of Lady Bunny in New York City in 1983 and now she's a legend there. She and Nelson were video companions when she got off the bus, and they bickered off and on ever since. This is the mini-movie they made one afternoon. Also staring are Bubblicious and Lurleen Wallis. The music's Now Explosion's. BTW: Lady Bunny is touring America this Spring 2003 with the Absolut Out draq queen revue.
produced and edited by Nelson Sullivan June 26, 1985

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Lady Bunny starring in Bunny Chase

Michael Musto and Albert Crudo

Michael Musto has been going from chic event to sleeze event with Albert Crudo for it seems like ages since his informative gossip column began in the Village Voice and even before. They always asked Nelson to accompany them for entertainment and for the videotaping too. This video is a collaboration as well as an incarnation of what an actual conversation in the 1980's could be like.
videotaped and edited by Nelson Sullivan April 12, 1987

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A Coupla White Ninja Vixens Sitting Around Talking


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