Sinema Club: sex-pos & LGBTQ+ film club: Pink Narcissus (1971)

House of Scorpio

presents

Sinema Club: Pink Narcissus (1971)

Sun 5.10, 7-11:30pm, 21+ (25+ suggested)

For existing & prospective HoS members*; members: $0-10 / non-members: $10 + $2 fee

Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

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The body's largest sex organ is the brain. Sinema Club stimulates yours with films that are explicitly erotic, homo-romantic, or gender-exploring -- and always thought-provoking. A rousing discussion follows; drinking is encouraged throughout, and mingling happens before, in breaks and after. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. You can also order in from the many restaurants around, and make it dinner and a movie.

This month's feature: Pink Narcissus (1971)

Just released in a 4k restoration for its 55th anniversary, Narcissus (1971) is an experimental erotic art film written, shot & directed by James Bidgood, largely in his own tiny NYC apartment. Bidgood's authorship wasn't confirmed until mid-90s, and the mystery only added to the queer cult classic status of the otherwise commercially unsuccessful film.

Shot on 8mm, the film is bursting with bright, otherworldly lighting and intense colors. Alone in his apartment, a pretty rent boy (Bobby Kendall) fantasizes about worlds where he is the central character: a matador, a Roman slave boy and the emperor who condemns him, and the keeper of a harem for whom another man performs a belly dance.

Bidgood's unmistakable lush, queer, camp influence still can be seen decades later in the work of photographers Pierre et Gilles & David LaChapelle, directors John Waters & Zach Snyder ("300"), and even a particular strain of music videos for current musical artists like Chappell Roan and Lil Nas X’.

Sinema Club is curated and hosted by Phil Guie-Ng (@thatphilguymovies): an inquisitive, ardent longtime film critic who is dying to tell you about movies you haven't heard of yet. As a reviewer at the website Film-Forward, his self-appointed mission was covering documentaries and features about subjects who challenged conventional attitudes about gender, masculinity, and more. When Phil isn't writing about movies, you can find him in Brooklyn taking part in protests on behalf of basic human rights.

*HoS rules: HoS membership, dress code, PAL, prior approval not required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

Respiratory safety: HoS requires proof of COVID vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.