Kenneth Anger - Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)

From Leo AI: Kustom Kar Kommandos is a 1965 experimental short film by Kenneth Anger that runs for approximately 3 minutes. The film features actor Sandy Trent buffing a customized hot rod in front of a pink background, set to the song "Dream Lover" by The Paris Sisters.
Anger originally intended the project to be a feature-length film exploring cars as fetish objects for young American males, funded by a $10,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.
The budget was exhausted quickly, leaving only this single three-minute episode as the complete work.
The film is widely interpreted as a piece of queer cinema, using the eroticism of car maintenance to symbolize homoerotic desire and the car as a substitute partner.
Filmed in San Bernardino, California, the short is noted for its intense color palette, slow-motion panning shots, and deliberate camera angles that imply a sensual relationship between the man and his machine.
Critics and scholars describe the work as a "dreamy jewel" and a perfect example of Anger’s ability to merge homoeroticism with American pop culture iconography.
The film has been preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and is considered a precursor to the modern music video format.