Movies: Charles Ludlam

  • 1986
    The Big Easy

    The Big Easy (1986)

    The Big Easy

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    Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved....

    The Big Easy
  • 1971
    Pink Narcissus

    Pink Narcissus (1971)

    Pink Narcissus

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    An outrageous erotic poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors, dancing boys, slaves, and leather...

    Pink Narcissus
  • 1986
    Forever, Lulu

    Forever, Lulu (1986)

    Forever, Lulu

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    When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Befor...

    Forever, Lulu
  • 2006
    Irma Vap: O Retorno

    Irma Vap: O Retorno (2006)

    Irma Vap: O Retorno

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    After many flops, theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap". But he is going to face many problems to find the right actors and get the necessary permissions....

    Irma Vap: O Retorno
  • 1987
    Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot

    Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot (1987)

    Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot

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    The New York underground linked the paths of the actor and playwright Charles Ludlam, the superstar of avant-garde cinema Mario Montez and the Argentine artist Leandro Katz. An underground community found refuge in a porn cinema that Ludlam rented at...

    Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot
  • 1979
    Impostors

    Impostors (1979)

    Impostors

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    One of Mark Rappaport's later narratives (which won the Gold Hugo for Best First Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1979), Impostors is an off-kilter comedy/mystery focused on two magicians trying to find Egyptian jewels, their pro...

    Impostors
  • 1976
    Underground and Emigrants

    Underground and Emigrants (1976)

    Underground and Emigrants

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    In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts movement, the better-known of whom are William Burroughs (who says nothing for the camera), Andy Warhol (s...

    Underground and Emigrants
  • 2010
    La venganza de Ira Vamp

    La venganza de Ira Vamp (2010)

    La venganza de Ira Vamp

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    Mandacrest Mansion, 19th century. Lord Winston, after the strange death of his first wife, Lady Ira, has married Italian singer Claretta Sonella....

    La venganza de Ira Vamp
  • 1986
    The Sorrows of Dolores

    The Sorrows of Dolores (1986)

    The Sorrows of Dolores

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    Film recounts the madcap tale of sweet Dolores who, after being tortured by her sadistic mother, is thrown into the harsh city environs, innocent and alone. Chased by villains, abducted into white slavery, and ravaged by monstrous beasts, Dolores spi...

    The Sorrows of Dolores
  • 1968
    Flaming Twenties

    Flaming Twenties (1968)

    Flaming Twenties

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    Features underground film makers and stars Jack Smith, Charles Ludlum, and Bill Vehr. A satirical film, comprising a collection of vignettes of the entertainment personalities who were famous during the "Roaring Twenties". Included is a take-off of t...

    Flaming Twenties
  • 1983
    Doomed Love

    Doomed Love (1983)

    Doomed Love

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    Depressed after losing his lover a long time ago, Andre visits a psychiatrist. While in the doctor's waiting room, he strikes up a friendship with Lois, the doctor's receptionist, and later with Lois' husband, Bob. Although the couple wants to help A...

    Doomed Love
  • 1987
    Museum of Wax

    Museum of Wax (1987)

    Museum of Wax

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    The black-and-white, silent short, Museum of Wax (1981-1987), is the more classically structured of Ludlam’s recovered films. Fluently adopting a silent-era cinematic language, the vaudevillian narrative follows an escaped prisoner (Ludlam) who seeks...

    Museum of Wax
  • 1967
    Lupe

    Lupe (1967)

    Lupe

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    The film — a mix of music, colors, abstract scenes and little dialogue — is based loosely on the life and death of Mexican-American actress Lupe Velez. The music, far more than mere background, borders on serving as the film’s narrative and ranges fr...

    Lupe