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Pink Narcissus (1971)
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James Bidgood (writer)
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13 March 1993 (Japan)
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A unique experience in visual fantasy!
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An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute. | add synopsis
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Classic Homoerotic Masterpiece
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(Complete credited cast)| Don Brooks | ... | Angel | |
| Bobby Kendall | ... | Pan |
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71 min | UK:64 min | UK:70 min (video) | USA:64 min (Strand dvd)
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The film was entirely filmed in the director's tiny apartment, in Manhattan, New York City, using window dressing and costume designer props. Only three scenes were filmed later in a rented loft - the men's room, the Times Square, and the rainstorm scenes.
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Featured in "John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You: Pink Narcissus (#1.10)" (????)
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Before Pierre et Gilles, before David LaChapelle, before Jeff Koons, before the neo-Pop movement there was James Bidgood and Pink Narcissus. This art film will not please everyone -- not for the shoot 'em up, blow it up, special effects craving crowd with a short attention spans.
This film is art, not just entertainment. It moves slowly at it's own dream-like pace. It's iconic campy fantasy is unique and the precursor of the artists mentioned above. The Pink refers to the gay sensibility, the camp stance and the prettier than life advertising imagery. The Narcissus of the title refers to Kendall's obvious self-love and the obsessive quality of his fantasies: himself as a sexy matador, himself as a sexy Greek slave, himself as Beauty and a voyeur's delight. The searingly bright color adds to the dreamy feeling. This is eye candy for those who appreciate art and beauty-- confection for the mind. Rarely do high style and content meld as beautifully as in this film. There is no dialogue. It would probably ruin the dream. This film is a "must see" for anyone interested in contemporary art, the pre-Stonewall sensibility or the history of underground film.