
One of the most controversial short film of all time, an experiment contains scenes of a group of people who do things that are considered bizarre, strange and taboo, including sexual activity, Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures is regarded comedy with setting a haunted music studio.... (Full plot summary below)
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One of the most controversial short film of all time, an experiment contains scenes of a group of people who do things that are considered bizarre, strange and taboo, including sexual activity, Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures is regarded comedy with setting a haunted music studio.
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| ToxicUniverse.comDan CallahanJack Smith's Flaming Creatures took the avant garde to a new level. |
| User ReviewTio BManages to feel like both a life-affirming pagan celebration and the end of civilization as we (plain folks) know it. |
| User ReviewPhilip LJack Smith's infamous 42 minute barrage of transvestites, drag shows, hermaphrodites, breasts, flaccid penises, drug orgies and a cunnilingual rapist that influenced a slew of filmmakers from John Waters to Guy Maddin. Most people call it pretentious and pointless. I found it to be sexually absurd, so therefore quite brilliant. |
| User ReviewX. T"Is there a lipstick that doesn't come off when you suck cock? John Waters definitely loves this film, with its transvestite vampires, drag queens, and grotesque orgies of flaccid penises and bouncing breasts, all shot on poor filmstock. |
| User ReviewHollis GIt's art! It's porn! It's penises and lipstick! |
| User ReviewAmanda MWhat a fascinating film. Though it's hard to tell what was intended and what was "ineptitude leading to brilliance," some of the compositions are incredible and the music choices are inspired. It's playful - though the rape scene was a little uncomfortable - and I'm always a fan of films considered obscene by court officials. |
| User ReviewScott RFor those interested in experimental filmmaking, Flaming Creatures can be called one of the most unorthodox ever made, its images ranging from the application of lipstick, to mass sexual violence, to vampirism. |
| User ReviewSergio Mvery wanky and random, but very enjoyable at bits. i particularly like the scene where everybody is applying lipstick... you can imagine how transgressive films like this could have been in those days. apparently the police came in to stop the viewing! |
| User ReviewR.A. LWEB. Hay una que otra imagen o composición interesante, y es interesante en su reto a las convenciones y reinvención de algunos símbolos, pero, en general, es una pequeña tortura. / There are interesting images and compositions here and there, and it's interesting how it challenges conventions and reinvents some symbols, but, in general, it is a bit of a torture. |
| User ReviewTom KAn ugly, tedious, amateurish film, composed of cavorting drag queens, random breast-squeezing and, oh yes, something resembling a tongue-in-cheek, tongue-in-pussy gang rape. The filmmaking is more about editing than direction -- a chaotic collage of handheld close-ups. Though "Flaming Creatures" is only 42 minutes, I can't imagine sitting through it without taking at least one cleansing break. I needed about 10, myself. If you automatically applaud any movie that depicts the homosexual lifestyle, shows genitals or looks like it was made for $20, don't miss this. |