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Curt McDowell

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Curt McDowell, born on January 9, 1945, Lafayette, Indiana, USA as Curtis A. McDowell. He was a director, writer, actor and artist in underground cinema. In the mid sixties he moved to San Francisco to study painting at the S.F. Art Institute, but he soon became interested in filmmaking and transferred to the film department. Curt McDowell relished the spirit of sexual freedom, personal expression and artistic exploration that was very much the spirit of the times in San Francisco. He never stopped painting and drawing but film became his main creative outlet. Underground guru, director George Kuchar, became his partner and mentor. The Roxie Theater in San Francisco was his regular outlet. The owner, Robert Evans his friend and commercial relationship. Curt McDowell nourished the American dream of plenty in pan-sexual terms. His films were literally offbeat, intrusive, erotic, naked, authentic and straight to the point. Curt McDowell was diagnosed with aids and passed away at 42, on June 3, 1987, in San Francisco, California, USA
- IMDb mini biography by: Ulf Kjell Gür

I'm a voyeur who can't stand to be without his fix.
I love the fact that I can't understand my films when I first make them. It feels like I'm making them out of a real raw place.
All my fantasies revolve around doing something that I'm not supposed to be doing.
I have my own sexual hang-ups and problems in my mind. It's sort of fun to put them on the screen because then you aren't really responsible. You can always just say, "Oh, that was just a part I was playing." You can do anything you want on the screen and you're not really held responsible.
I don't believe Hollywood has a monopoly on the use of a camera as an artistic tool. It does have a monopoly on theaters and money, seemingly.

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