Jackie Curtis

Jackie Curtis

1947-02-19
38 (1985-05-15)
New York, New York

Jackie Curtis was a pioneer transgender film star, poet, playwright, and Warhol Superstar.

New York, New York

Jackie Curtis was a pioneer transgender film star, poet, playwright, and Warhol Superstar.

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WR: Mysteries of the Organism 1971 (6.1)

What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation.
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Flesh 1968 (5.7)

A heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex, drugs and decadence.
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Burroughs: The Movie 1984 (7.1)

An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.