Fireworks

Short Film

1947

14m

English

Drama, Horror

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6.8

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.

Fireworks

Short Film

1947

14m

English

Drama, Horror

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.

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6.8

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew

Kenneth Anger

Dreamer (uncredited)

Gordon Gray

First Sailor (uncredited)

Bill Seltzer

Second Sailor (uncredited)

Directed By: Kenneth Anger

Written By: Kenneth Anger

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Sigeki Ogino says...

2 years ago

Along with "Un Chien Andalou" (16 minutes), it is the best short film in the history of cinema. Kenneth Anger is still a genius. Many short films made and published by filmmakers around the world, including Kenneth Anger, do not stand a chance against this early work, let alone beat it. We can only find a faint example in Jan Svankmajer. The work of an angel. 20 minutes of miracles, perfect eroticism and grotesqueness. A drug to watch, born on earth.

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IDFWU24 says...

4 years ago

The description on Letterboxd basically gave away the whole film, so going into it should be no surprise about what you will witness. It is very artistic for sure, and what I took away from the film is basically a man who had a troubling dream connected with his sexuality. It makes sense since the 1940s were not kind to people that identified themselves as being LGBTQ+. I thought there would be more gore, but there was not much going on; but I liked the film's message as it does accurately represent how a gay man would feel back in the days when it was not as accepted as it is today. It is worth a watch since it is only 14 minutes long and feels like it is ahead of its time.

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