A follow-up to now legendary film Flaming Creatures. This vivid, full-color homage to B-movies is a dizzying display of camp that clearly affirms Smith’s role as the driving force behind underground cinema and performance art of the post-war era. The director was known to constantly re-edit the film, often during screenings as it was still unspooling from the projector.
Costume
Mario Montez's mermaid fin—trash becomes transcendence.
Direction
Smith's live re-editing: cinema as performance art.
Acting
Tiny Tim's Gilded Hag: folk weirdo meets underground legend.
Director
Jack Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Smith's live re-editing during screenings essentially invented interactive cinema decades before choose-your-own-adventure streaming.
Tiny Tim's casting came from Smith spotting him in a freak show act—before 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' made him famous.
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