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title: 'Flaming Creatures (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Smith'
released: '1963-04-29'
runtime_minutes: 43
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flaming-creatures-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054880/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flaming Creatures (1963)

1963 · 43 min · United States


## Synopsis

Flaming Creatures is a 1963 American experimental film directed by Jack Smith. The film follows an ensemble of drag performers through several disconnected vignettes, including a lipstick commercial, an orgy, and an earthquake. It was shot on a rooftop on the Lower East Side on a very low budget of only $300, with a soundtrack from Smith's roommate Tony Conrad. It premiered April 29, 1963, at the Bleecker Street Cinema in Greenwich Village.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-smith)
- **Screenplay:** [Jack Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-smith)
- **Producer:** [Jack Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-smith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-smith)
- **Editor:** [Jack Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tony Conrad](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-conrad)

## Cast

- [Judith Malina](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-malina)
- [Mario Montez](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-montez)
- [Marian Zazeela](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-zazeela)
- [Piero Heliczer](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-heliczer)

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