Fireworks (1947 film)
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| Directed by | Kenneth Anger |
| Starring | Kenneth Anger |
| Distributed by | Mystic Fire Video (DVD) |
| Release date(s) | 1947 |
| Running time | 20 min. |
| Country | USA |
Fireworks (1947) is a homoerotic experimental film by Kenneth Anger. Filmed in his parents' Beverly Hills, California home over a long weekend while they were away, the film stars Anger and explicitly explores themes of homosexuality and sado-masochism.[1] It is the earliest of his works to survive.
Anger synopsizes the film thus: "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 bed less empty than before." Adding later, "This flick is all I have to say about being seventeen, the United States Navy, American Christmas, and the Fourth of July."[2]
Anger was arrested on obscenity charges following the release of Fireworks. The case went to the California Supreme Court which declared the film to be art.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hoberman et. al. p. 55
- ^ Smith, Claiborne K.H. "Kustom Film Kommando: Interview With Filmmaker Kenneth Anger", Austin Chronicle, 1997-10-30. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- ^ Frye, Brian L. "Angry Young Man", The Stranger, 2007-04-24. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
[edit] References
Hoberman, J. and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983). Midnight Movies. New York, Harper & Row. ISBN 0060909900 (paperback edition).
[edit] External links
- Fireworks at IMDB
- Fireworks at Rotten Tomatoes
- Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle
- Anger's films at Mystic Fire Video
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