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Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

2024 2h 14m Released

Documentary

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.

Cast

D David Del Valle Himself Silvio Narizzano Himself Paul Carafotes Himself Michael Murphy Himself Mark Lester Himself Daniel Kremer Narrator