Steven Arnold
Luminous Procuress
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Add rightsFormat Blu-ray Interzone
Original format 16mm
Year 1971
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Steven Arnold
Author(s) Steve Seid, Elena Gorfinkel
Booklet 24 pages (English)
Running time 106 min
Films
LUMINOUS PROCURESS (1971) 74'
INTERVIEW WITH HARRY TSVI STRAUCH ON STEVEN ARNOLD 9'
FILM INTRODUCTION BY STEVE SEID 21'
Description
Emerging from the vibrant counterculture ferment of late 1960s San Francisco, Luminous Procuress is a psychedelic odyssey of unbridled hedonism. The sole feature film by artist, mystic, and polymath Steven Arnold, the film celebrates gender fluidity and pansexuality in a phantasmagoric and voyeuristic journey toward spiritual ecstasy.
Often compared to the works of Fellini, Jack Smith, or Kenneth Anger, and featuring the extravagant talents of the avant-garde drag troupe The Cockettes, as well as artist ruth weiss, Luminous Procuress was an underground sensation upon its release before disappearing for many years. Now fully restored in all its sensual splendor, Luminous Procuress once again unveils its subversive delights, ready to be rediscovered.