Fireworks
Director: Kenneth Anger
Starring: Kenneth Anger, Gordon Gray, Bill Seltzer
Year: 1947
Runtime: 20 mins.
Synopsis: In Fireworks I released all the explosive pyrotechnics of a dream. Inflammable desires dampened by day under the cold water of consciousness are ignited that night by the libertarian matches of sleep and burst forth in showers of shimmering incandescence. These imaginary displays provide a temporary release. 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. (From Canyon Cinema.)
DVD: The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1
Official Website: None
Underground Film Timeline: 1940 — 1949
Reviews: Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Electric Sheep (Ben Cobb)
PopMatters (Matt Mazur)
Video: THE FILMS OF KENNETH ANGER VOL. 1 DVD TRAILER
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