An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute. Download pink narcissus james bidgood 1971 mi primer post from 362 mb free from tradownload. Pink narcissus released on dvd for the first time in the uk, pink narcissus is an unwavering celebration of the male body within a fantasy world of epic indulgence. When bidgood s legendary film pink narcissus came out in the early 60s, he choose to hide his identity, leading to. Born in 1933, james bidgood is an american artist, filmmaker, and photographer currently living and working in new york city. The film took seven years to make, filmed in small increments in bidgood s small apartment using sets and costumes fashioned by bidgood. Through an agent friend, benderson arranged publication of bidgood s output under his own name for the first time and also wrote the first complete monograph on bidgood, which was published by taschen. For years, pink narcissus was a film shrouded in mystery, known only to the most ardent fans of undergroundgay cinema after a brief outing in the early 70s, a. In 1971 james bidgood made pink narcissus, his only short film, a surrealistic work that draws the viewer into a visual tornado. Help the pink narcissus creator james bidgood carry on. Bidgood s work is characterized by a heavy reliance on invention.
An extremely handsome, selfinvolved, brooding young man escapes the realities of his street life through a series of fantasies of incredible beauty. He will present a paper on james bidgood wilting petals and torn chiffon. View pink narcissus by james bidgood photos, movie images, film stills and cast and crew photos on fandango. Forced perspective mixed with maleonmale affection, with smears of glitter and vaseline. Pink narcissus 1971 james bidgood, don brooks, bobby kendall, charles ludlam. Born in 1933 in madison, wisconsin, james bidgood s oeuvre has largely fallen to the wayside in the history of underground culture. Pink narcissus is a 1971 american arthouse drama film directed by james bidgood and starring unknowns bobby kendall, don brooks and stage actor charles ludlam. Between visits from his keeper, or john, a handsome male prostitute bobby kendall, alone in his apartment, lounges, fantasizing about worlds where he is the central character. Pink narcissus 1971 ive grown so lonesome thinking of you 3min sequence. He left his hometown and established himself in a tiny apartment in manhattan, new york city, that he called les folies des hommes. Legendary pink narcissus filmmaker james bidgood needs. Pink narcissus 1971 bobbie kendall free download from. He also had a penchant for shooting beautiful, nearly and often completely naked young men in lushly constructed sets of his own making in his down time. Watch pink narcissus 1971 full movie online, stream free pink narcissus 123movies.
And if you love this book, you must view his film pink narcissus, the full story of. Inspired by pink narcissus 1972, homoerotic film by james bidgood. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male. He graduated from the parsons school of design, and worked professionally as a windowdresser, costume designer and. Visionary director james bidgood found his soulmate in a grindhouse. Topics gay, experimental, psychedelic, camp, james bidgood. The work of artist and photographer james bidgood, pink narcissus is a breathtaking and outrageous erotic poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultrakitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors, dancing boys, slaves and leatherclad bikers. Find release information for pink narcissus 1971 james bidgood, jim bidgood on allmovie. And if you love this book, you must view his film pink narcissus, the full story of which is detailed in this wonderful volume. Pink narcissus by james bidgood a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. Jan 8, 2020 born in 1933, james bidgood is an american artist, filmmaker, and photographer currently living and working in new york city. Between 1963 and 1971, bidgood worked on pink narcissus.
Extremely loud and incredibly camp aperture foundation ny. To back james bidgood s indiegogo campaign and score yourself original bidgood artwork and pink narcissus tshirts, click here. It visualizes the erotic fantasies of a gay male prostitute. Our narcissus isnt very macho but everything will come, a labor of self love. Pink narcissus 1971 james bidgood, don brooks, bobby kendall. Film stills from pink narcissus, 16 mm, color, 71 min, new york.
James bidgoods sumptuous and subversive pink narcissus. His film legendary homoerotic film, pink narcissus, was shrouded in mystery when it was first was released, having been credited to anonymous. This revisit cements that for me pink narcissus is 100% just one big testament to horniness, with james bidgood using 60 minutes to just show his wet dreams of scantlyclad twinks and twunks caressing, taunting, and heavily implied fucking each other all set to classical music and lit. Bidgood was the first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 40s and 50s and apply it to male erotic fantasies. Its like i survived a train wreck and everybody else died and my name is associated with that disaster, says james bidgood of his first and last film, pink narcissus, a 1971 erotic. Pink narcissus 1971, directed by anonymous james bidgood. Bidgood found his muse in bobby kendall and much of the material is a paean to the youths beauty.
The film, presented complete and uncut, is accompanied by a world exclusive filmed interview with the director james bidgood. It was released in 1971 under an anonymous crediting but was finally attributed to its true creator, james bidgood in the 80s. James bidgood was a parsons educated designer, costumer, and drag performer in the 1960s who dressed society matrons for the opera, did window designs for departments stores in new york city. Most will know bidgood for his now cult film pink narcissus 1971, his dreamy homoerotic film that took 7 years to film.
In september 2011, nestled between centre pompidou and the louvre at paris forum des images, james bidgood s 1971 gay fantasia pink narcissus was projected onto a screen next to an. His greatest project, a movie entitled pink narcissus that took more than seven years to complete before finally being released anonymously. Pink narcissus by james bidgood movie photos and stills. The male beauty in our days, go to the gym and drink protein. Pink narcissus at eye film in amsterdam eye eye filmmuseum. Released as a work by anonymous, pink narcissus was the creation of a new york theatrical costume designer and physique photographer named james bidgood, who filmed the entire production in his apartment over a period of seven years starting in 1964. Obsessed with his own perfection, he lives in a dreamworld of fantastic colors, magnificent music, elaborate costumes and strikingly handsome males. Watch pink narcissus at eye movie theatre in amsterdam. Pink narcissus took seven years to film and was shot entirely in bidgood s living room, laboriously and fantastically transformed into the variety of scenes that act as backdrops to pink narcissus erotic desires. At the same time, bidgood unashamedly examines the darker side of desire. Pink narcissus 1971 james bidgood, don brooks, bobby. He performed in drag shows and as a male dancer in nightclubs, namely the infamous club 82.
These include a matador, biker, roman emperor, slave and dancing boy. In 1971 he released his arthouse film pink narcissus, a dialoguefree fantasy centered around young, muscular, and often naked men. Pink narcissus is an unwavering celebration of the male body within a fantasy world of epic indulgence. Reveries, the museum of sexs retrospective of james bidgood s photographs, film, and ephemera, tells the story of an american narcissus, a boy entranced by the beauty of his own vision. Pink narcissus is a 1971 drama film by james bidgood visualizing the erotic fantasies of a gay male prostitute.
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