PINK
NARCISSUS/THE QUEER REVERIES OF JAMES BIDGOOD
Saturday
October 20
11:30 P.M.
Egyptian Theatre
In 1971, PINK NARCISSUS rocked the underground film world with its dreamlike homoerotic images. A technicolor fantasia, it is the story of a beautiful, brooding hustler (the lovely Bobby Kendal), who creates a dream world inside his apartment where he acts out his fantasies, from harem boy to roman slave to matador. A major cult classic, PINK NARCISSUS has continued to screen to sold-out audiences around the world.
PINK NARCISSUS' writer and director was credited as "Anonymous," and rumors flew that the film had been made by a big name in Hollywood who feared exposure. It was later revealed that director James Bidgood, a physique photographer, had taken his name off the film because he did not like what the distributor had done with his work. QUEER REVERIES OF JAMES BIDGOOD chronicles the course of Bidgood's life from small town outcast to respected artist.
THE QUEER REVERIES OF JAMES BIDGOOD; Wolfgang Hastert, director; 2000; US/Germany; 32 minutes; video
PINK NARCISSUS; James Bidgood, director; 1971; US; 70 minutes; 35mm