Pink Narcissus

Pink Narcissus (1971) is an underground erotic fantasy by American artist James Bidgood — watch it online on iFILM. Bidgood shot the film in secret over eight years, hand-building every set inside his small New York apartment: velvet curtains, glitter, artificial marble, all constructed obsessively by one person.

The film follows a young male prostitute lost in a chain of daydreams — gladiator, slave, matador, leather-clad biker. There is no conventional plot; what Bidgood made is closer to a series of living tableaux than a narrative. It will confuse viewers who want a story and reward those drawn to the obsessive handmade aesthetics of American underground cinema. Stream Pink Narcissus (1971) online on iFILM.