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TOTW 11/07: How will moviegoers view BBM 30 years from now?
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on October 15, 2007, 02:46:43 pm ---You need to watch it with a special someone! :)
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Hmmm...that's a concept, but back to the topic of the thread. I think the film will be viewed as a finely crafted piece of cinema, but again, I have to remove myself from the emotional reaction and view the film for it's value as a catalyst for change. I think there are cinematic endeavors that did a better job at exposing the horrors of homophobia. I don't think that was ever the intent of the filmmakers on BBM anyway.
Shakesthecoffecan:
I have seen it with strangers, I have seen it by myself, I have seen it with brokies, on the big screen and the small. I have gotten together with brokies and we have not watched it. It is different every situation.
We could look to a couple of other examples, one being Boys in the Band, which was released in 1970. Kerry has posted much about this film. It was ground breaking in a number of ways as its intent, as I see it, was to portray homosexuals in a positive light. I think it still holds up after nearly......jezus...40 years....
Another example is Making Love, from 1982. It caused a stir at the time, as I remember (I was too young to remember BITB coming out) and it had an effect on the larger population. I watched it then (in 1984 when it was on TV) and I saw it again about a year ago and thought it was as dull as a box of plastic forks.
Brokeback, I predict, will be seen as a catalyst for change. Its loss at the Oscars will certainly ensure its celebrity, as if it needed it. I think it will remain a classic tragedy along the lines of To Kill A Mocking Bird.
Brown Eyes:
I agree that the Oscar loss, in a bizarre way, can be seen as good for BBM in terms of its long term legacy.
loneleeb3:
--- Quote ---it's value as a catalyst for change.
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It sure as hell changed me!
Thats how me end up here!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Scott on October 15, 2007, 02:52:32 pm ---I think there are cinematic endeavors that did a better job at exposing the horrors of homophobia. I don't think that was ever the intent of the filmmakers on BBM anyway.
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You're kidding. ... Right? ???
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