New York Independent Film

No Wave Cinema? New Cinema? Underground film-making from the Lower East Side? Films made during that time in the late 70s, early 80s where certain areas of NYC were dirt cheap to live in, and painters were musicians and musicians were actors or filmmakers, etc. you could do anything, why not? Shoot a film on a shoestring budget with your friends.
Sorry for the bad quality of the screencaps.

Permanent Vacation (USA, 1980)
Director: Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie, Sara Driver...

If I recall, this was just a pretty static shot of a bar, which I don’t think was involved in the plot or anything. There’s a Supersonic (Bally, 1979) in a corner...

Subway Riders (USA, 1981)
Director: Amos Poe. Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Cookie Mueller, John Lurie, Susan Tyrrell...

One of the characters walks into a bar and starts playing a game of Stellar Wars (Williams, 1979)...

The camera pans over to show a Sharpshooter  (Game Plan, 1979) next to it...

Smithereens (USA, 1982)
Director: Susan Seidelman. Starring: Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell...

Richard Hell plays an “American Freedom” machine but it does not appear to exist! It is not Bally’s “Freedom” released in 1976. It could have been camouflaged to avoid licensing fees, but it could also be an unknown conversion kit... i.e. new artwork that can be put in place on a old machine...