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10 great queer American underground features of the 1970s

With the woozy erotic fantasia Pink Narcissus now restored and back out in the world, we dive into the outrageous, transgressive world of the 1970s midnight movie with a selection of films set to shock, scandalise and titillate.

By Sophia Satchell-Baeza

10 great queer American underground features of the 1970s
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