Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
"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?"
2024 | 134m | English
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| Director: | Daniel Kremer |
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| Writer: | Daniel Kremer |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 30, 2024 |
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| Director: | Daniel Kremer |
| Writer: | Daniel Kremer |
| Genres: | Documentary |
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Updated: Jan 27, 2026 Entered: Jul 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| David Del Valle | Himself |
| Silvio Narizzano | Himself |
| Paul Carafotes | Himself |
| Michael Murphy | Himself |
| Mark Lester | Himself |
| Daniel Kremer | Narrator |
| Paul Lynch | Himself |
| Jon Jost | Voice of Silvio Narizzano |
| Julie Kirgo | Herself |
| Nathaniel Thompson | Himself |
| Stathis Giallelis | Himself |
| Sidney J. Furie | Himself |
| Lynn Redgrave | Herself |
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| Daniel Kremer | Editor, Writer, Director |
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