Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
- Director: Daniel Kremer
- Writer: Daniel Kremer
- Producer: David Del Valle, Josh Hibberd
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"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.
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Cast & Characters
Silvio Narizzano (as Self (archiveFootage))
Daniel Kremer (as Narrator)
Jon Jost (as Silvio Narizzano (voice))
Kenneth Anderson (as Self)
Howard S. Berger (as Self)
Judd Bernard (as Self)
John Bloom (as Self)
Paul Carafotes (as Self)
David Del Valle (as Self)
Sidney J. Furie (as Self (voice))
Stathis Giallelis (as Self (voice))
Julie Kirgo (as Self)
Mark Lester (as Self)
Paul Lynch (as Self)
Michael Murphy (as Self)
Lynn Redgrave (as Self (archiveFootage))
Nathaniel Thompson (as Self)