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Central Bazaar

Central Bazaar

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 2, 1976

Runtime

2h 36m

Genres

Drama

User Score

80%

Original Title

Central Bazaar

Production Companies

BFI

Director

Stephen Dwoskin

Description

For this remarkable experimental film, the provocative avant-garde legend Stephen Dwoskin gathered together a group of strangers and filmed them as they explored their fantasies over a period of five days: a project that now sounds a little like TV's Big Brother. The ceremonial gowns and make-up here not only evoke the eroticism of European horror movies but also highlight the film's interplay between performance and intimacy. Jonas Mekas called it 'theatre of life'.