Normal Love

Normal Love

105 mins | Jan. 1, 1963

The feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming Creatures. This vivid, full-color homage to B-movies is a dizzying display of camp that clearly affirms Smith’s role as the driving force behind underground cinema and performance art of the post-war era. The cast includes Mario Montez, Diane de Prima, Tiny Tim, Francis Francine, Beverley Grant and John Vaccaro. Smith was known to constantly re-edit the film, often during screenings as it was still unspooling from the projector. This print has been restored under the supervision of Jerry Tartaglia and is provided by Filmmakers Co-operative in New York City.

Normal Love

105 mins | Jan. 1, 1963

Normal Love
The feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming Creatures. This vivid, full-color homage to B-movies is a dizzying display of camp that clearly affirms Smith’s role as the driving force behind underground cinema and performance art of the post-war era. The cast includes Mario Montez, Diane de Prima, Tiny Tim, Francis Francine, Beverley Grant and John Vaccaro. Smith was known to constantly re-edit the film, often during screenings as it was still unspooling from the projector. This print has been restored under the supervision of Jerry Tartaglia and is provided by Filmmakers Co-operative in New York City.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Normal Love
Directors Jack Smith
Writers

Cast

Mario Montez

as Mermaid

Tiny Tim

as Gilded Hag

Diana Baccus

as The Girl

Beverly Grant

as Cobra Woman

David Sachs

as Mongolian Child

Tony Conrad

as Mummy

Angus MacLise

as Green Mummy

Naomi Levine

as Black Spider

Francis Francine

as Pink Fairy