Central Bazaar

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”.

• New high definition transfer created from new film elements
• DVD-9/ Dolby Digital mono audio (320 kbps)

• ‘Laboured Party’ (20 minutes, 1974): Dwoskin’s ‘on-set’ companion piece to Central Bazaar. An unsuspecting Labour Party canvasser calls at the house and falls under the provocative and playful influence of the feature films participants.
• Fully illustrated booklet including original essays by Will Fowler (BFI curator) and Jonas Mekas (legendary Avant-garde filmmaker), reviews and biography.