Purple Television
[04/15/2020] : film
PURPLE PARADISO: “LUMINOUS PROCURESS” by Steven Arnold, 1972, Your Movie Of The Day Curated And Reviewed By Savannah Nolan and Olivier Zahm
Luminous Procuress is an avant-garde experimental queer film from 1971 made by American multidisciplinary artist Steven Arnold, painter, set and costume designer, illustrator, and protégé of Salvador Dali. It was Arnold’s first and only feature-length film. Shot on 16mm, the surreal Felliniesque picture is an elusive jewel of early ’70s mystical, fantastic, queer cinema. Molly Haskell, […]
