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Fireworks(Movie, 1947)

14min | Genre: Fantasy
FireworksRating: 2.8/5 (with 2626 votes)
Fireworks is a 1947 homoerotic experimental short film by Kenneth Anger. Filmed in his parents' home in Beverly Hills, California, over a long weekend while they were away, the film stars Anger and explicitly explores themes of homosexuality and sadomasochism. It is the earliest of his works to survive. Fireworks is known for being the first gay narrative film in the United States. Anger synopsizes the film thus: "A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before." Adding later, "This flick is all I have to say about being seventeen, the United States Navy, American Christmas, and the Fourth of July." ()
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About Fireworks

Fireworks revolves around a young man associating with various navy sailors, who eventually turn on him, stripping him naked and beating him to death, ripping open his chest to find a clock ticking inside. Several fireworks then explode, accompanied by a burning Christmas tree and the final shot shows the young man lying in bed next to another topless man.

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The Films Of Kenneth Anger Vol 1(Trailer, 2:15)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/31/1947
Director: Kenneth Anger
Screenwriter: Kenneth Anger
Composer: Ottorino Respighi
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Fireworks (JP, 1931), Fireworks (CH/DE, 1954), Fireworks (GB, 1976), Fireworks (JP, 1997), Fireworks (2004), Fireworks (FR/IT, 2011), Fireworks (ID, 2014), Fireworks (IR, 2015), Fireworks (JP, 2017), Fireworks (RU, 2020), Fireworks (GB, 2022), Fireworks (ID, 2023), Fireworks (IT, 2023)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:118480, Added: 03/22/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024