Movies like Bloom
If you enjoyed Bloom, you may also like Black Swan, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and The Red Shoes. These recommendations share similar themes, tone, or genres, making them great choices for your next watch.
Black Swan • Movie • Rating 7.7 out of 10
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The Red Shoes • Movie • Rating 8.0 out of 10
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A Chorus Line • Movie • Rating 6.2 out of 10
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Freak Show • Movie • Rating 6.7 out of 10
High Strung • Movie • Rating 7.0 out of 10
Twenty Something • Movie • Rating 7.2 out of 10
Swing Time • Movie • Rating 6.8 out of 10
Dance with Me • Movie • Rating 6.9 out of 10
Limelight • Movie • Rating 7.9 out of 10
Cold Souls • Movie • Rating 6.0 out of 10
Pariah • Movie • Rating 6.9 out of 10
Heavy Traffic • Movie • Rating 6.5 out of 10
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Of an Age • Movie • Rating 6.6 out of 10
Born to Dance • Movie • Rating 6.2 out of 10
What is Bloom about?
Set to the lilting tones of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s honeyed rasp, Bloom is a queer African pole dancer’s surreal adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, inspired by Ballet Black’s production A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Filmed against a scene of glossy anthuriums and fluorescent birds of paradise, a vibrant bouquet dissolves, revealing a portrait of an African body wreathed on a steel pole, in various states of limbo: an analogy for queerness itself. In a state of nature, pole dance – like queerness – is innocent. However, stigma attaches a perceived and misconceived immorality. Through a system of prisms and mirrors, attention is first drawn to an anthurium’s spike-shaped inflorescence, which bears small flowers with perfect male and female parts. Focus then shifts to a pole in perspective, superimposed against the lingering red silhouette of an anthurium’s queer premise, the desire to be. With a runtime of 5 minutes, it offers a concise viewing experience.