Q Lazzarus documentary fundraiser launched to complete production
"I am now more determined than ever to finish this film and share her amazing stories and music with her existing and future fans around the world," said director and writer Eva Aridjis
A fundraiser has been launched to bring a Q Lazzarus documentary to completion.
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus explores the life of the cult singer, real name Diane Luckey. Created by the director and writer Eva Aridjis, a close friend and collaborator of Luckey, the film delves into the artist's long-mysterious background before her death in 2022.
Aridjis is raising funds with a Kickstarter campaign, which - at the time of writing - has reached $7,465 of its $100,000 goal. All money raised from the fundraiser will go towards music rights, post-production and archival rights, among other costs involved in the project.
In a statement, the director said: "As the person she entrusted with the task of getting her story out into the world, I am now more determined than ever to finish this film and share her amazing stories and music with her existing and future fans around the world, and with movie audiences and music lovers alike."
Go here to contribute to Aridjis's Kickstarter campaign.
Posting on X on 9th January, Dark Entries Records shared the campaign, noting their plans to release a Q Lazzarus reissue this year alongside the documentary. The San Francisco imprint said: “We’ve been working on a Q Lazzarus reissue since we started the label 15 years ago and it will finally see the light of day this year”.
As Q Lazzarus, and as a member of the band Q Lazzarus and the ressurection, Luckey is best best known for the 1988 single 'Goodbye Horses,' which came to prominence when it was used in Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning 1991 film Silence of the Lambs. Demme originally featured the track in his 1988 film Married To The Mob.
Since then, the track has gone on to establish a status as a cult classic, having been covered by artists like Jon Hopkins and Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, and notching up plays in DJ sets by the likes of Optimo and Michael Mayer.
Luckey was born and raised in New Jersey. She chose to remain anonymous for years after the track's original release, only confirming her identity when answering fans' questions on Twitter in 2018. She came into contact with Demme in the 1980s while working as a taxi driver and played him her band's demo. The director would go on to use her recordings in films for many years after, while she also made cameo appearances in other films.
