One hit wonder? Try cinema's most exquisitely tortured gay ghost.
Perhaps at first glance, the filmography of Silvio Narizzano appears unremarkable. Thanks to his sleeper hit Georgy Girl (1966), he's known largely as a "one-hit wonder" director. Upon closer inspection, however, likely no other filmmaker used cinema as effectively to exorcise personal demons in ways both ugly and beautiful. And few directors' sensibilities were more gay, both overtly and covertly. Film historian Daniel Kremer is your tour guide through an obscure, perplexing body of work heretofore ignored and often unfairly shunned. Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano is an essay documentary of discovery.
Direction
Kremer treats obscure footage like sacred relics.
Writing
Narration that actually grapples with artistic failure.
Production
Unearthing lost interviews with actors who finally speak.
Director
Daniel Kremer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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