Flaming Ears

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Flaming Ears

Released Nov 18, 2022

1h 24m

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

LGBTQ+

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Flaming Ears is a pop sci-fi lesbian extravaganza set in the year 2700 in the fictional burned-out city of Asche that follows the tangled lives of three women. Spy is a comic book artist whose printing presses are burned down by Volley, a sexed-up pyromaniac. Seeking revenge, Spy goes to the lesbian club where Volley performs every night. Before she can enter, Spy gets into a fight and is left wounded in the streets. She is found by Nun, an amoral alien in a red plastic suit with a predilection for reptiles... who also happens to be Volley's lover. Nun takes the injured Spy home and must hide her from Volley. This story of obsession and revenge is also an anti-romantic plea for love in all its many forms. A truly underground film shot on Super 8 and newly restored, Flaming Ears is original for its playful disruption of narrative conventions, its witty approach to film genre, and its punk visual splendor.

Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

The film is a bracing reminder of a time when queer artists weren’t necessarily interested in normalizing their marginalized community and instead reveled in transgression.

Mar 29, 2023

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

Whether you watch it as a formal experience, a twisted character study, or a commentary on 1990s Austria, Flaming Ears is a worthy addition to the canon of lesbian cinema.

Jan 28, 2023

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Teo Bugbee

New York Times

A vision of queer utopia: a world where limited audience appeal isn’t a barrier to an artist’s imagination.

Nov 17, 2022

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

The film is as transgressive as it is tender, daring to imagine a future where queerness is not lived in the margins, but openly and without reservation.

Feb 13, 2024

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

I know you think that sounds fun, and it was at first, but the more it just accumulated in a heap, the less I cared.

May 24, 2023

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Laura Moreno

Bay Area Reporter

Flaming Ears is a full-blown anti-romantic rebellion with a DIY creative quality that makes the world of the film a creative utopia even as it exists in a dystopian world.

Dec 1, 2022

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Ursula Puerrer

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A. Hans Scheirl

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Dietmar Schipek

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A. Hans Scheirl

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Synopsis

Flaming Ears is a pop sci-fi lesbian extravaganza set in the year 2700 in the fictional burned-out city of Asche that follows the tangled lives of three women. Spy is a comic book artist whose printing presses are burned down by Volley, a sexed-up pyromaniac. Seeking revenge, Spy goes to the lesbian club where Volley performs every night. Before she can enter, Spy gets into a fight and is left wounded in the streets. She is found by Nun, an amoral alien in a red plastic suit with a predilection for reptiles... who also happens to be Volley's lover. Nun takes the injured Spy home and must hide her from Volley. This story of obsession and revenge is also an anti-romantic plea for love in all its many forms. A truly underground film shot on Super 8 and newly restored, Flaming Ears is original for its playful disruption of narrative conventions, its witty approach to film genre, and its punk visual splendor.

Director: Ursula Puerrer, A. Hans Scheirl, Dietmar Schipek
Producer: Ursula Puerrer, A. Hans Scheirl
Screenwriter: Ursula Puerrer, Dietmar Schipek
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: LOOP TV-Video-Film
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 2022, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.6K
Runtime: 1h 24m