From Lee Jutton’s article for Film Inquiry:

Over several years of shooting, artist James Bidgood transformed his Manhattan apartment into the glittering, candy-colored paradise of homoeroticism that is the primary setting of his sole feature film, Pink Narcissus. Shot on 8mm and 16mm film stock, the film was blown up to 35mm for its original release in 1971 and credited to “Anonymous” after disputes with financiers led to Bidgood removing his name from the credits. Now newly restored in 4K by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Pink Narcissus has returned to hypnotize viewers anew and remind us of the undeniable impact Bidgood’s meticulously crafted images of camp fantasy have had on queer art and culture.

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