Blonde Cobra (1963)
- Directed by
- Ken Jacobs
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 33 min
- Rating
- 3.0 of 10 from 41 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a short film built from footage of a performer acting out scenes of disgust and fantasy. It has a raw homemade feel and is meant to be shown with a live radio playing.
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What happens
Blonde Cobra is a 1963 short film directed by experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs. Footage for the film was shot by Bob Flieshner. The film is meant to be accompanied by the presence of a live radio during the screening. The film's title was derived from two of Jack Smith's favorite movies, Blonde Venus and Cobra Woman. Jacobs once described the film as a "look in on an exploding life, on a man of imagination suffering prefashionable Lower East Side deprivation and consumed with American 1950s, '40s, '30s disgust." The film premiered on a double-bill with Flaming Creatures at midnight on April 29, 1963, at the Bleecker Street Cinema in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Behind Every Good Man (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.