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.
Direction
Anger invented queer cinema with zero budget.
Cinematography
Shadowy noir meets homoerotic hallucination.
Production
Made at 20, sparked obscenity charges.
Director
Kenneth Anger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Screened at the first Kinsey Institute conference on sexuality; essentially invented American queer film as a category.
Anger claimed the 'Christmas tree' scene was inspired by a fever dream after eating bad oysters.
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