| Fireworks | |
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| Directed by | Kenneth Anger |
| Starring | Kenneth Anger |
| Music by | Ottorino Respighi |
| Distributed by | Cinema 16 |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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.[1] It is the earliest of his works to survive. Fireworks is known for being the first gay narrative film in the United States.[2]
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."[3]
- ^ Hoberman and Rosenbaum 1983, p. 55.
- ^ Hays, Matthew (March 2007). "Kenneth Anger, Director: Fireworks at Sixty". Gay & Lesbian Review. pp. 46–47. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Claiborne K.H. (October 31, 1997). "Kustom Film Kommando: Interview With Filmmaker Kenneth Anger". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 14, 2018.