A play with the porn standard of a minimum of narrative in order to stage a series of ritualised stripteases. Stored in a cardboard box in New York Public Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Division, the Avery Willard Collection contained several gems so wonderfully strange and enchanting that they suggested a fascinating life behind them.
Also in this combined programme
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Reflections
Provocative and hypnotic. Calls to mind the mid-60s work of fellow avant-garde filmmakers like Kenneth Anger, Bruce Baillie, Tom Chomont, and many oth -
Leather Narcissus
A biker strolls around New York, demonstrating obsessively narcissistic behaviour. -
Salome: The Dance of the Seven Veils
Cuban refugee Arango, one of the bright stars of a 1960s underground drag nightclub in the East Village, embodies the mythic femme fatale. -
In Search of Avery Willard
From the 1940s to the 1990s, Avery Willard produced a lifetime of historically significant work that has remained widely unseen for decades. A portrai
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1966
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
