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Pink Narcissus

Dates with showtimes for Pink Narcissus
  • Mon, Jun 30
  • Tue, Jul 1
  • Wed, Jul 2
  • Thu, Jul 3

The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve.  For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats.  Screening will begin promptly at midnight.

Director: James Bidgood Run Time: 69 min. Release Year: 1971

Starring: Arthur Williams, Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam, Don Brooks, Don Kvares

Pink Narcissus closes out our Pride Month programming with a special one night only presentation. A landmark of queer underground cinema—it’s an erotic, dreamlike fantasia shot entirely within the confines of a New York apartment over the course of seven years.

Originally released anonymously, the film became a cult object of fascination, long believed to have been made by Andy Warhol or one of his Factory acolytes. It wasn’t until decades later that James Bidgood—a former fashion photographer and drag performer—was revealed as the true auteur behind the film.

Today, Pink Narcissus is rightly celebrated as a foundational work of queer cinema and a forerunner to later visual artists and filmmakers—from Pierre et Gilles to Derek Jarman to Todd Haynes. It is a reminder that even in the most constrained circumstances, beauty and radical vision can flourish.

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