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Flaming Creatures

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Director: Jack Smith

Starring: Mario Montez, Francis Francine, Sheila Bick, Joel Markman, Arnold Rockwood, Judith Malina, Marian Zazeela

Year: 1963

Runtime: 45 mins.

Synopsis: An homage to classic Hollywood movies, a cadre of transvestites and other sexually ambiguous characters — or “creatures” — romp around in a silent tableaux accompanied by soundtracks from old films. Eventually, one of the creatures is molested by the rest of them, which triggers an earthquake. Despite the carnage that follows, the creatures manage to still carry on and have a grand ol’ time.

DVD: Not Available. Print available for rental from the Film-makers’ Cooperative.

Official Website: None

Film Festivals: Third International Experimental Film Competition, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium, 1964

Awards: Fifth Independent Film Award, Film Culture
Prix Film Maudit, Third Int’l Film Exposition, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium, 1964

Reviews: Senses of Cinema (Constantine Verevi)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

Video: None

Tags: 1963