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Depicts a dream sequence about the brutal rape and torture of Anger himself (as a teenager) by a group of sailors on the street (after trying to pick one of them up). full summary | add synopsis
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Joe Moe: Horrorwood Babbles On: The Forrest J. Ackerman Tribute
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I agree with Cocteau
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(Complete credited cast) | Kenneth Anger | ... | Dreamer |
| Gordon Gray | ... | First Sailor |
| Bill Seltzer | ... | Second Sailor |
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20 min | Argentina:20 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | Portugal:13 min (Cinemateca Portuguesa)
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Kenneth Anger shot this film over the course of one weekend, while his parents were out of town.
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Featured in Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
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I agree with Jean Cocteau, who said of Fireworks, "This film touches the quick of the soul, which is very rare." I also agree with Anger that Stanley Kubrick copied the volcano motif (an explosive motif related to the titular Fireworks motif) from Anger's other films and that Anger did in fact have copies of Kubrick's video store rental receipts showing that Kubrick had rented Anger's films from a NYC video store at the time Kubrick was putting the volcano motifs in his films. I feel you have to look beyond both the United States and England to find anyone who can truly appreciate Anger's contributions to world cinema.