Release Date
06 Dec, 2024
Runtime
02:14: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
"Hey there, Silvio. Why do all the film buffs pass you by? Could it be you just don't try, or is it the pain you share?"
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.
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Silvio Narizzano
Paul Carafotes
Michael Murphy
Mark Lester
Daniel Kremer
Paul Lynch
Jon Jost
Stathis Giallelis
Sidney J. Furie
Lynn Redgrave