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Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

2024 · 2h 14m · Documentary

"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?"

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.

David Del Valle

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Silvio Narizzano

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Paul Carafotes

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Michael Murphy

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Mark Lester

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Daniel Kremer

Narrator

Paul Lynch

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Jon Jost

Voice of Silvio Narizzano

Julie Kirgo

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Nathaniel Thompson

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Stathis Giallelis

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Sidney J. Furie

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Lynn Redgrave

Herself

• Daniel KremerWriter · Editor · Director

Release date

August 30, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 14m

Genres

Documentary