SUPERSTAR IN A HOUSEDRESS
3 ratings since posting on Monday, July 11, 2005
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Okay, probably not fair for the filmmaker and author to rate his own film/book. Jackie was utterly fascinating and I am so thrilled that my film and book have commemorated his life and work; before I made the website and wrote the book and made the film he was all but forgotten and that was my motivation. I loved Jackie and the film and book reflect that, I think. - Craig , posted 07/18/05 |
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I have a number of friends who got a chance to see this when it was in San Francisco.... I am kicking myself for not going.... The word is... IT IS GREAT!! One of my best friends told me I would want to OWN it now just SEE it.... I DO WAN'T to OWN IT ; ) I WILL OWN IT so I can watch Jackie over and over again....and frame by frame! I have heard that this is one of THE BEST documentaries in a VERY LONG TIME! a jackie curtis fan. oxo dreLLa - Confetta , posted 07/11/05 |
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One of my oldest friends, Craig Highberger, wrote, produced and directed a documentary film about Jackie Curtis, a Warhol superstar, called "Superstar in a Housedress." It was released last year and won many awards at film festivals. On May 31st a book and DVD of the documentary were published. Craig and Jackie became close friends and Craig began documenting Jackie's life in film and photos. Jackie died of a drug overdose twenty years ago this month on May 15th. Craig's book/film and his website www.jackiecurtis.com are both an artistic and moving tribute to enduring friendship. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright,performer,and one of the great personalities of his time. The film features on-camera interviews with actor Harvey Fierstein who played Jackie's mother in "Americka Cleopatra" when he was 18, Ellen Stewart, founder of LaMama Experimental Theater Club, John Vaccarro, founder of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Paul Morrissey, director of the Andy Warhol films and surviving superstars Holly Woodlawn and Joe Dallesandro, plus 24 other friends and colleagues of Jackie's. The film includes never-before-seen video and film clips of Jackie performing in stage plays including "Femme Fatale",and "Glamour, Glory and Gold", and cabarets including the legendary "Cabaret in the Sky: An evening with Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis"(1974). The music of jazz musician and composer Paul Serrato, who wrote and performed music for many of Jackie 's productions, including "Vain Victory" is featured,as is the photography of Jack Mitchell who took more photo-graphs of Curtis and the Warhol crowd than any other professional. The sexually ambiguous Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis, who lived and performed sometimes as a man, sometimes as a woman is remembered by thirty friends and colleagues, including Harvey Fierstein, Holly Woodlawn, Paul Morrissey, and Lily Tomlin. - Apollo , posted 07/14/05 |
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