Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

Overview

Anjelica Huston narrates this exploration of the spectacularly dreamlike world of Salvador Dali’s protégé, Steven Arnold, and his strikingly creative and influential body of work filled with occult rituals, Hollywood camp, and surrealist art nouveau whimsy. Taken from more than 70 hours of original and archival footage, including rare scenes of Holly Woodlawn, director Vishnu Dass digs deeply into the decadent countercultural and inspiring life of this unheralded multimedia artist of the queer community.

Cast

Steven Arnold

Self (archive footage)

Anjelica Huston

Narrator (voice)

Ellen Burstyn

Self

Simon Doonan

Self

Holly Woodlawn

Self (archive footage)

Ruth Weiss

Self

Joan Agajanian Quinn

Self

Michael Wiese

Self

Juan Fernández

Self

Theadora Van Runkle

Self (archive footage)