Normal Love (1963)

Directed by

Jack Smith

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This unfinished experimental film follows a group of monsters in glamorous costumes on various adventures. Director Jack Smith filmed it in 1963 and showed pieces of it the next year, but never completed the project. After Smith died, the footage was released as a two-hour presentation.

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What happens

Normal Love is an experimental film project by American director Jack Smith. It shows the adventures of an ensemble of glamorously dressed monsters. Smith filmed the project in 1963 and began screening the work in pieces in 1964. Although Normal Love was never completed, works by Ron Rice, Andy Warhol, and Tony Conrad grew out of it. After Smith's death, the project was released as a two-hour presentation of his footage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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