Stephen Dwoskin
Central Bazaar
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Add rightsFormat DVD9 PAL, Zone 2
Year 1975
Author(s) Stephen Dwoskin
Language(s) English
Running time 176 min
Publisher BFI
Films
CENTRAL BAZAAR (1976) 156'
LABOURED PARTY (1974) 20'
Description
For this remarkable experimental film, provocative avant-garde legend Stephen Dwoskin gathered a group of strangers and filmed them as they explored their fantasies over five days: a project that today evokes something of the reality TV show Big Brother. The ceremonial robes and makeup present here not only evoke the eroticism of European horror films, but also underscore the subtle interplay between performance and intimacy that runs through the film. Jonas Mekas called it "theatre of life."