Funeral Parade of Roses
1969
Tokyo, Japan
Toshio Matsumoto
Experimental Art Drama
What’s it all about: It’s not easy being the It Girl of Tokyo’s underground gay scene. Between go-go dancing at Club Genet, filming avant-garde erotica with her pot-smoking boyfriend and fighting basic bitches at the mall, Peter hardly has time to fulfill the bloody destiny of her Electra complex.
What’s so gay about it: doc interviews with cast members interspersed throughout
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: high
Death By: lots of stabbing
Relics: film projector, tube tv, salon hair dryers
Hoops: close-up of putting on lipstick; slow kissing the mirror
Heartthrobs: Peter, Toyosaburo Uchiyama
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: groovy dancing
LoFi Magic: a film falling into its own k-hole
Makes me want to: smoke weed at a basement dance party and play strip balancing games in our underwear
Candotti Take: “She seems always high.” / “This movie is one trip after another.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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