Flaming creatures /

Banned soon after its first midnight screenings, Jack Smith's incendiary Flaming Creatures (1963) quickly became a cause célèbre of the New York underground. This study of Smith's magnum opus explores its status as a cult film that appropriates the visual texture, erotic nuance, and over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verevis, Constantine (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2019.
Series:Cultographies.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/vere19147
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Background and Production; 2. Reception and Controversy; 3. The Film Work: Flaming Creatures; 4. Aftermath and Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index