Three Bewildered People in the Night

Monday, January 6, 2025

A gay performance artist, his video artist best friend, and her sexually confused photographer boyfriend fall into a disorienting bisexual love triangle in Gregg Araki’s rarely-seen feature debut about “angst, despair, and coffee shops in the Modern World.” Made for $5,000 and shot across Los Angeles entirely at night without a crew, THREE BEWILDERED PEOPLE IN THE NIGHT is a triumph of low-budget filmmaking and a fascinating origin point for one of the most beloved queer filmmakers of the past four decades. As the film’s original press notes state, “In short, an anxiety-ridden Good Time is guaranteed for all.”

Screening as part of our monthly queer series programmed and hosted by Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd, Cruising the Movies

• Country USA
• Year 1987
• Running Time 92 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Strand Releasing
• Director Gregg Araki
• Cast Garrett Cassell, Mark Howell, John Lacques, Darcy Marta
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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