Fireworks
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Fireworks

Kenneth Anger

Country

USA

Year

1947

Length

14'

Format

16mm

Synopsis

«A dissatisfied sailor wakes up, goes out into the night in search of a “light” and is drawn through the eye of a needle. Dreaming of a dream, he returns to a bed less empty than before».

A milestone in experimental cinema, Fireworks is a homoerotic dream in which a young sailor, played by Anger himself, undergoes a rite of passage through a series of violent and ecstatic encounters.

Biography

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