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Flaming Ears

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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.

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Jake Cole Slant Magazine 03/29/2023
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. Go to Full Review Drew Gregory Autostraddle 01/28/2023
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. Go to Full Review Teo Bugbee New York Times 11/17/2022
A vision of queer utopia: a world where limited audience appeal isn’t a barrier to an artist’s imagination. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 02/13/2024
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. Go to Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos 05/24/2023
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. Go to Full Review Laura Moreno Bay Area Reporter 12/01/2022
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Ursula Puerrer

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A. Hans Scheirl

Director

Dietmar Schipek

Director

A. Hans Scheirl

Nun

Susana Helmayr

Spy

Ursula Puerrer

Volley

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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