Fireworks (1947)
"A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a
'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream,
he returns to a bed less empty than before." - Kenneth Anger
"A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a
'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream,
he returns to a bed less empty than before." - Kenneth Anger
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A landmark of both experimental and gay cinema, Kenneth Anger's film is a bizarre, disturbing dreamscape of violation, rape, and homoerotic sado- masochism. The film opens with Anger, who made this film when he was only 17, awaking from a troubled dream and leaving his house to go on a stroll.
He is confronted by a band of buff sailors who proceed to beat, manhandle, and molest him. Ends with the amazing image of a sailor unzipping his fly and pulling out a lit roman candle. Recalling other surrealist masterpieces such as Un Chien Andalou and Meshes in the Afternoon, this film uses elliptical narrative structure and dream-like visual metaphors and puns.
A landmark of both experimental and gay cinema, Kenneth Anger's film is a bizarre, disturbing dreamscape of violation, rape, and homoerotic sado- masochism. The film opens with Anger, who made this film when he was only 17, awaking from a troubled dream and leaving his house to go on a stroll.
He is confronted by a band of buff sailors who proceed to beat, manhandle, and molest him. Ends with the amazing image of a sailor unzipping his fly and pulling out a lit roman candle. Recalling other surrealist masterpieces such as Un Chien Andalou and Meshes in the Afternoon, this film uses elliptical narrative structure and dream-like visual metaphors and puns.
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