Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024)

"Hey there, Silvio. Why do all the film buffs pass you by? Could it be you just don't try, or is it the pain you share?"

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2024-12-06
  • Runtime: 2h 14min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Daniel Kremer

Summary

Perhaps at first glance, the filmography of Silvio Narizzano appears unremarkable. Thanks to his sleeper hit Georgy Girl (1966), he's known largely as a "one-hit wonder" director. Upon closer inspection, however, likely no other filmmaker used cinema as effectively to exorcise personal demons in ways both ugly and beautiful. And few directors' sensibilities were more gay, both overtly and covertly. Film historian Daniel Kremer is your tour guide through an obscure, perplexing body of work heretofore ignored and often unfairly shunned. Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano is an essay documentary of discovery.

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  • David Del Valle

    as Himself
  • Silvio Narizzano

    as Himself
  • Paul Carafotes

    as Himself
  • Michael Murphy

    as Himself
  • Mark Lester

    as Himself
  • Daniel Kremer

    as Narrator
  • Paul Lynch

    as Himself
  • Jon Jost

    as Voice of Silvio Narizzano
  • Julie Kirgo

    as Herself
  • Nathaniel Thompson

    as Himself
  • Stathis Giallelis

    as Himself
  • Sidney J. Furie

    as Himself
  • Lynn Redgrave

    as Herself
Directing Daniel Kremer Director
Writing Daniel Kremer Writer
Editing Daniel Kremer Editor

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