Flaming Creatures
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Flaming Creatures is a 1963 underground experimental film by Jack Smith, notorious for its sexually explicit, gender-bending imagery and its central role in American avant-garde cinema and censorship battles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flaming Creatures canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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experimental film ⓘ underground film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New American Cinema movement
NERFINISHED
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New York underground film scene ⓘ |
| bannedIn | several U.S. jurisdictions in the 1960s ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jack Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered |
key work of queer avant-garde cinema
ⓘ
landmark of American underground film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jack Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
cross-dressing
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drag performance ⓘ non-narrative structure ⓘ orgiastic scenes ⓘ overexposed and unstable imagery ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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experimental cinema ⓘ queer cinema ⓘ underground cinema ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasMainSetting | improvised studio set ⓘ |
| influenced |
camp and drag aesthetics in cinema
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later queer filmmakers ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Egyptian and exoticist cinema
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Hollywood melodrama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
camp aesthetic
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gender-bending imagery ⓘ influence on American avant-garde cinema ⓘ role in U.S. film censorship battles ⓘ sexually explicit imagery ⓘ use of non-professional actors ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
apocalyptic party atmosphere
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fluid gender identities ⓘ sexual nonconformity ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Film-Makers' Cooperative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| restored | yes ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 45 minutes ⓘ |
| screenedAt | film archives and cinematheques worldwide ⓘ |
| screenedBy | Jonas Mekas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
censorship controversies in the United States
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obscenity trials in New York ⓘ |
| uses | found music soundtrack ⓘ |
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