Following the unpleasant experience with the film "Industry" [during the filming of TERMINAL USA], Jon made MOD FUCK EXPLOSION the next year almost as an act of therapy. In another tale of teen lust, boredom, and angst, he indulged now familiar obsessions for meat, high-speed, and exaggerated gore via dream sequences and non-sequiturs that entertained but tended to fracture the narrative flow. Meat, in particular, was a key obsession of his that had figured prominently ever since DER ELVIS, when he had wrapped up press invitations to his very first screening at NYC's The Gas Station in 1987 in strips of raw bacon. "I think meat is the perfect metaphor for our post capitalist, commodified western economic paradigm", he recently responded to the inevitable query about "what all the meat means" - Plus it looks cool, feels neat, and tastes great medium rare!"

MOD FUCK EXPLOSION had a polarizing effect on viewers. It won best feature-film at the New York Underground film festival, had hit runs in several American cities and today generally oudraws his other films, partly perhaps because of its great if misleading title. It has occasionally been programmed as a "Mod" film, on several occasions alongside QUADROPHENIA. When the film drew crowds of Mods at the Vancouver film festival, Jon took the mic: "Thank you all for coming, and to all you Mods out there, this film has absolutely nothing to do with you." A disgruntled Mod later wrote him a nasty letter threatening to track him down and drive his 64 Lambretta scooter up his ass if he ever set foot in Vancouver again. The Asian group that gave him a 500 USD grant for MOD FUCK EXPLOSION and expected some kind of "Asian Film" was no doubt also confused.

Europe, it opened at the 1995 Berlin Film festival in a huge theater where the reception bordered on mass hysteria. This unveiling helped to spin off the film as a hit on the German film klub circuit, where it continues to draw. However a lot of people who like other Moritsugu films don't care for this one; some think it lacks the raw, retarded charm of his early films and that the convoluted structure and deadpan acting tends to undercut dramatic tension and make it aimless, which it seems fully intended to be. — Jack Stevenson Other Zine Spring 2001.

Amy Davis as "London"

I picked up the DVD of MFE while at Mondo Kim's a few weeks ago, and I can't find any info of where else it can be picked up on DVD. Is it a bootleg? The quality of the transfer might make you think so, it looking no better than what would be expected from a VHS copy. The titles are almost unreadable and the overall look of the film is super dark. The screen shots I took were easily cleaned up and brightened, but this step was skipped, perhaps. by the people (Eric Masunaga?) at Modulus DVD? The DVD does include a few outakes and deleted scenes and let's face it the fact this film got a DVD release at all should be appreciated enough.

Amy Davis (L) as "London" and Desi Del Valle (R) as "M-16"

The film stars casting director Amy Davis (who also happens to be married to Moritsugu) as London and actress Desi del Valle as the 16-year old boy and object of London's affection, M-16.

The theme appears only on the soundtrack and was one of 6 songs Unrest contributed to the soundtrack. 1 song. "Hey London" appear in a slightly different version on B.P.M. (TB 175). Just for fun I added a vocal sample of Amy Davis from the outtakes.