Francis Francine

Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and performance legend Jack Smith, deals less with Smith’s life than with his work, analyzing Smith’s aesthetic idiosy

热血造物

视 觉上Flaming Creatures就是Josef von Sternberg加上疯狂的异装癖假面舞会家庭录影。Smith使用了过期黑白胶片，给影片一种缥缈的味道。影片没有情节，配乐用的是一组Maria Montez影片对白蒙太奇，hacienda音乐，和摇滚。他的影片里有搞笑阿拉伯女奴，狂放的西班牙舞者，等等。吸血鬼样的Marilyn Monroe模仿者，当然是男的，从棺材中爬出，出现在空镜头里，手里拿着一捆花，走过一堆尸体。然后开始掀开一尸体的衣服撩拨他的阴茎。就这样，性的复活最终让所有尸体复活，影片如标准的Busby Berkeley音乐剧一样结束了。