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Other gay-themed movies
Impish:
I collect films, and after seeing BBM, I've turned my attention to acquiring more movies about gay men.... or about straight men in a relationship with gay men. (an apology to my lesbian friends; I have very few movies yet about lesbians).
My collection of gay-themed movies is pretty small. So far, I have (in alphabetical order):
The 24th Day
A Home at the End of the World (with Colin Farrel)
Adam & Steve
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Andre's Mother
Angels in America
Another Gay Movie
Apartment Zero
Before Night Falls
Bent
Big Eden
Chuck and Buck
The Children's Hour (with Audrey Hepburn)
Dog Day Afternoon
Eating Out
Fellini's Satyricon
The Fluffer
Girls Will Be Girls
Gone But Not Forgotten
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Jeffrey
Just a Question of Love
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Km.0
La Cage aux Folles (the original French version)
Latter Days
Locked Up
Longtime Companion
Making Love
The Man I Love
My Beautiful Laundrette
Mysterious Skin
Prick Up Your Ears (the biopic about Joe Orton)
Querelle (with Brad Davis)
Six Degrees of Separation
The Sum of Us (with a very young Russel Crowe)
Trick
The Trip
Walk on Water
The Wedding Banquet (by director Ang Lee)
Y Tu Mama También (not sure this belongs on this list)
Yossi and Jagger
Anyone seen any of these? I'm not claiming these are the good ones, in fact, some are downright terrible ("Locked Up" for example).
These are the ones I have. I'm looking to buy more. Any suggestions?
PS: as new films are added to my library, I'll add them to the list above. Last updated November 24, 2006
Note: this topic was moved from the Safe Haven forum on June 26, 2006.
Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote from: Impish on March 01, 2006, 06:59:11 pm ---The 24th Day
A Home at the End of the World (with Colin Farrel)
Angels in America
Apartment Zero
Eating Out
The Fluffer
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Jeffrey
Km.0
Latter Days
Locked Up
The Man I Love
Mysterious Skin
Querelle (with Brad Davis)
The Sum of Us (with a very young Russel Crowe)
The Trip
The Wedding Banquet (by director Ang Lee)
Yossi and Jagger
--- End quote ---
It's amazing that outside of Apartment Zero, I don't think I've seen any of these. Again, usually gay cinema turns out to be like a soap opera and I don't usually like those kinds of movies regardless of who is in them. I think the worst mainstream gay film out there was that awful Al Pacino piece of garbage from the 1970s whose name escapes me. It was one of those films that would make people nail the closet door shut with them in it.
Impish:
--- Quote from: Phillip on March 02, 2006, 08:07:32 pm --- I think the worst mainstream gay film out there was that awful Al Pacino piece of garbage from the 1970s whose name escapes me.
--- End quote ---
That was "Cruising." I've never seen it, but I remember people telling me how negative it was.
Another film from that period was "Making Love," which interestingly has just been released on DVD. I hated it at the time, but wonder how I would react now. The only two things I remember about it now are 1) how beautiful Michael Ontkean was; and 2) that Kate Jackson turned in one of the worst performances I've ever seen. That pretty much killed her career, and deservedly so.
John Passaniti:
--- Quote from: Impish on March 01, 2006, 06:59:11 pm ---I collect films, and after seeing BBM, I've turned my attention to acquiring more movies about gay men.... or about straight men in a relationship with gay men. (an apology to my lesbian friends; I don't have any movies yet about lesbians).
--- End quote ---
Two films that I really enjoyed are Parting Glances and Desert Hearts. But for some reason, they don't get much mention.
Parting Glances: http://imdb.com/title/tt0091725/
Desert Hearts: http://imdb.com/title/tt0089015/
Parting Glances is the story of a gay couple, one of who is leaving for an assignment in Africa, the other who is rediscovering his love for a former partner. That partner incidentally is the first major role for Steve Buscemi.
Desert Hearts is in a way a kind of lesbian Brokeback Mountain in the sense that it shows a gay relationship (this time between two women), set in a different time and place (1950's Nevada).
Denyys:
I think you'll be surprised by the number of gay theme flicks "out" there.
For a wonderful film historical resource guide on G/L/B/T films check out the book "THE CELLULOID CLOSET" Homosexulaity in the Movies, Revised Edition by Vito Russo. Title is also available on VHS/DVD.
For and extensive list of movie titles search on the "Earths Biggest Movie Data Base" at www.imdb.com search under the genre: Gay/Lesbian. I also highly recommend you check out the various G/L/B/T film festivals. Here in Phoenix every March the community comes out by the thousands in support of the "OutFar" film festival. www.outfar.org
Food for thought/Commentary: Until recently, commercially distributed gay themed feature films the U.S. has lagged behind the more enlightened, sophisticated producers/directors and audiences across the Big Pond and at the BBC.
A few of the titles in my collection: My Beautiful Launderet, Another Country, Eating Out, Doing Time on Maple Drive (Originially aired on FOX TV Network) Eban and Charley, It's in the Water and Jeffery.
As an *Aussiewannabe I higly recommend:
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Sum of Us, and Beautiful Thing.
Enjoy,
Denyys
(* anagram for SYDNEY)
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