Blonde Cobra (1963): Cast & Plot
Blonde Cobra is a 1963 short film starring Jack Smith as Madame Nescience and Ken Jacobs. It runs 33 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 33 min
- Original language
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English - After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Blonde Cobra About?
The premise of Blonde Cobra without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
The film follows a man who, unable to find a reason for living, idly fondles objects, studies his reflection, changes outfits, smiles and makes faces for the camera. A narrated soundtrack voices his despair, offering impressionistic remarks, short songs, quotations from Greta Garbo and Maria Montez, recounts the story of a lonely boy, and tells of a woman named Madame Nescience who dreams of herself as Mother Superior of a convent of sexual perversion.
Blonde Cobra Themes & Keywords
· 7 tags- avant garde short
- experimental short
- gay character
- independent short
- drag
- voice over
- apartment
Blonde Cobra Cast & Characters
Jack Smith leads the cast as Madame Nescience, with Ken Jacobs.
- Jack Smith as Madame Nescience
- Ken Jacobs
Blonde Cobra Plot Summary
What happens in Blonde Cobra from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
The film centers on Jack Smith as Madame Nescience, wearing dresses and makeup, playing with dolls, and smoking marijuana. Paul Arthur writes that the movie contains “dizzying quasi-autobiographical rants” which spin on sadism, and that, like Ken Jacobs’s Little Stabs at Happiness, it contains “languid improvisations studded with the bare bones of narrative incident or, more accurately, its collapse.” The performance is marked by long stretches of droning, singing, and wildly cooing and cackling, creating a hypnotic, unsettling rhythm that folds the viewer into a fractured world.
Full summary
The whole story of Blonde Cobra, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Blonde Cobra?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Who is the main performer appearing as Madame Nescience in the film?
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Blonde Cobra FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, cast and post-credit scenes of Blonde Cobra, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Blonde Cobra?
Blonde Cobra runs 33 minutes.
When was Blonde Cobra released?
Blonde Cobra was released on April 8, 1963.
Who is in the cast of Blonde Cobra?
Blonde Cobra stars Jack Smith as Madame Nescience and Ken Jacobs.
Does Blonde Cobra have a post-credit scene?
No. Blonde Cobra has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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