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Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024)
134 min | Documentary, Biography

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Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024)

134 min | Documentary, Biography

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 ...See morePerhaps 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. Written by Imprint Films See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Silvio Narizzano Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Georgy Girl (1966)
Daniel Kremer Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Overwhelm the Sky (2019)
Jon Jost Self - Silvio Narizzano (voice) Self - Silvio Narizzano (voice) See fewer	They Had It Coming (2015)
Kenneth Anderson Self Self See fewer	Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024)
Howard S. Berger Self Self See fewer	Love & Support (2001)
Judd Bernard Self Self See fewer	The Destructors (1974)
John Bloom Self Self See fewer	Gandhi (1982)
Paul Carafotes Self Self See fewer	Tulsa King (2022)
David Del Valle Self Self See fewer	From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
Sidney J. Furie Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Stathis Giallelis Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	America America (1963)
Julie Kirgo Self Self See fewer	One Day at a Time (1975)
Mark Lester Self Self See fewer	Oliver! (1968)
Paul Lynch Self Self See fewer	The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
Michael Murphy Self Self See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
Lynn Redgrave Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gods and Monsters (1998)
Nathaniel Thompson Self Self See fewer	Alone in the Dark: Bunky Lives! (2005)