Sleep in a Nest of Flames
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Kolomvakis
Elliott Stein
Edmund White
Indra Tamang
Eugene Gaddis
Steven Watson
Film Details
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Synopsis
A chronicle of the life of American artist Charles Henri Ford, whose influence has spanned the last 70 years. Born and raised in the South, Ford put his stamp on the world of literature when he founded "Blues", a literary magazine which published works by emerging writers. One such writer, Parker Tyler, prompted Charles to join him in the lap of counterculture, Greenwich Village. In 1932, they co-authored the semi-autobiographical novel "The Young and the Evil". Radical for its non-judgmental view of gay life, the book was banned in the US. Ford was as connected to the Surrealists of the 40s as he was to the Pop artists of the 60s. Through the use of dramatizations and interviews with Ford and his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Paul Bowles and Dorothea Tanning, a portrait emerges of one of America's most influential and enduring artists.
Cast
Elliott Stein
Edmund White
Indra Tamang
Eugene Gaddis
Steven Watson
Hank Flacks
Allen Ginsberg
Gerard Malanga
Harold Stevenson
Michael Clarke Duncan
Philip Johnson
Valery Oisteanu
Charles Henri Ford
Paul Cadmus
Regina Weinreich
Dorothea Tanning
Tina Stafford
Rich Bernatovech
James Dowell
Ted Joans
Paul Morrissey
Mary Lynn Broe
William S. Burroughs
Christopher Gilbert
Eric Cole
Ned Rorem
Crew
Scott Barnard
Scott Barnard
Rich Bernatovech
Mary Lynn Broe
Jacob Burckhardt
William S. Burroughs
Paul Cadmus
Eric Cole
James Dowell
James Dowell
Michael Clarke Duncan
Hank Flacks
Charles Henri Ford
Eugene Gaddis
Christopher Gilbert
Allen Ginsberg
Ted Joans
Philip Johnson
John Kolomvakis
John Kolomvakis
Gerard Malanga
Paul Morrissey
Valery Oisteanu
Ned Rorem
Tina Stafford
Elliott Stein
Harold Stevenson
Indra Tamang
Dorothea Tanning
Steven Watson
Regina Weinreich
Edmund White
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debut for short filmmakers James Dowell and John Kolomvakis.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 14-24, 2001.
16mm
color
