The documentary "The Degenerate: The Life & Films of Andy Milligan" explores the unconventional and polarizing career of filmmaker Andy Milligan, whose low-budget productions have left a lasting impact on queer art. Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, the film features interviews with collaborators, critics, and performers, alongside rare archival footage, including a unique interview with Milligan himself. Known for exploring themes of sadism, incest, and misogyny through gory melodramas like 'The Ghastly Ones' and 'Bloodthirsty Butchers,' Milligan emerges as a significant, though often overlooked, outsider artist of the 20th century.
Milligan's low-budget productions included 'classics' such as 'The Ghastly Ones' and 'Torture Dungeon,' reflecting themes of sadism and misogyny with bottom-of-the-barrel gore effects.
The documentary features interviews with performers and collaborators, revealing Milligan's story as a gutter auteur who battled his own demons and made an impact on queer art.
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