Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

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

David Del Valle Himself Silvio Narizzano Himself Paul Carafotes Himself Michael Murphy Himself Mark Lester Himself Daniel Kremer Narrator Paul Lynch Himself Jon Jost Voice of Silvio Narizzano Julie Kirgo Herself Nathaniel Thompson Himself Stathis Giallelis Himself Sidney J. Furie Himself

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