Fireworks (1947 film)
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| Directed by | Kenneth Anger |
| Starring | Kenneth Anger |
| Music by | Ottorino Respighi |
| Distributed by | Mystic Fire Video (DVD) |
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| Country | United States |
Fireworks (1947) is a homoerotic experimental film by Kenneth Anger. Filmed in his parents' home in Beverly Hills, California 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.[citation needed] In 1958, a lawsuit was brought against the manager Raymond Rohauer of L.A.'s Coronet Theatre for screening Fireworks.[3][4] The case became "an epic obscenity trial" in the California Supreme Court[5] which declared the film to be art.[6]
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Fireworks at IMDb
- Fireworks at Rotten Tomatoes
- Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle
- Anger's films at Mystic Fire Video
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