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Other gay-themed movies
dot-matrix:
Someone once asked for our favorite "gay" films on the IMDB and many on this list, Big Eden, Priest, Latter Days, Trick, Beautiful Thing, The Sum of Us and When Night is Falling are among my fav's and in my film collection. But I also included, Victor/Victoria, Billy Elliott, Spartacus ( see the scene between Tony Curtis and Lawrence Olivier in the bath, mentioned in the Celluloid Closet) and Cabaret(all thought it is much more plainly portrayed in the stage play than in the film).
These last four films had some posters ripping strips off me for including films with gay characters on a gay film list, the film must be exclusively gay in message and content to be considered gay cinema they say and accused me of being a "token" liberal. Needless to say I stopped posting at IMDb and went back to lurking. BUT I disagree with their assumption, after all even Brokeback is not exclusively gay in message and content. What do you all think? I think any film that portrays gay life or gay characters in a real way would qualify.
aileen:
--- Quote from: ekeby on October 17, 2006, 03:02:53 pm --- Is Latter Days out in Poland yet? I think you might enjoy that.
Can anybody else recommend gay comedies (well, happy endings) that might be available in Poland? I guess that would mean older movies? What about I Think I Do . . . or Broken Hearts Club?
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"Latter Days" is not available in Poland :( But I watched it - unfortunately with german dubbing, so barely understood it, but I loved it!!!. I'm looking for it on amazon, but I found only region 1 >:( There were "A Beautiful Thing", "Jeffrey" and "My beautiful laundrette" on polish TV, but I don' t know the movies you mentioned :(
And BTW - do you enjoy "Queer as folk" series???
Impish:
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on October 18, 2006, 12:38:06 am --- What do you all think? I think any film that portrays gay life or gay characters in a real way would qualify.
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I agree with you. As you'll see in the OP, my collection includes such films as "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" even tho' it "only" includes a gay character, and is not gay themed.
I guess it comes down to what you mean by "qualify." Qualify as what? If the answer is "Qualify as belonging in this thread," then the answer is most definitely "Yes!" ;)
ekeby:
--- Quote from: aileen on October 18, 2006, 04:18:08 am ---"Latter Days" is not available in Poland :( But I watched it - unfortunately with german dubbing, so barely understood it, but I loved it!!!. I'm looking for it on amazon, but I found only region 1 >:( There were "A Beautiful Thing", "Jeffrey" and "My beautiful laundrette" on polish TV, but I don' t know the movies you mentioned :(
And BTW - do you enjoy "Queer as folk" series???
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I have a love/hate relationship with Queer as Folk (American version) . . . I hated it in many ways, but never missed an episode. It's ridiculous and frustrating, full of stereotypes and cliches, but somehow compelling.
Re the mention of Cowboys and Angels, above. . . finally saw it and liked it . . . set in Ireland, it's somewhat relevant to the discussion of what makes a gay film. The main character was not gay, but he seemed gay. His roommate is gay, and gayness/outsiderism is central to the plot. I'd recommend it.
I watched Regarding Billy last night and absolutely hated it. One of the worst things ever, bad script, bad acting, bad concept, bad everything. I had such high hopes for it but it was almost laugh-out-loud bad. I was fast forwarding after about 20 minutes, and I wanted to fast forward after 5 minutes! When, in one scene, and realized that the background music was the cheesy no-royalty orchestral music used in old travelogs, I knew I was watching a real stinker.
Part of my repulsion might have been because immediately before that I watched Soderbergh's film Bubble. Not a gay film in any way, but absolutely stunning--almost literally so. Highly recommended. Anyone else seen it?
Dafna:
Unfortunately I am on slow dial up and this board loads very slowly for me so I have been unable to read through all the pages of threads. I'll be upgrading soon but I'm not sure what has been mentioned or not.
Just watched Big Eden twice and can't say how much I loved it. What a sweet movie. Eventhough it does not exist how I would love to live in a town like that. A collection of such characters and nice people could only exist in a movie but perhaps some day it could be real.
That's one thing I like about watching movies at home; Close the door and melt into a movie for a couple of hours. Happy or sad but a happy ending never hurts.
Aileen, I'm sorry you have so much trouble finding movies in Poland. That must be so frustrating. I know how much my movie collection means to me.
I have all seasons of Queer As Folk on DVD. For all it's stereotypes and flaws it's still a show I love and can also get lost in for a little while. I like the friendships. Eventhough they sometimes treat each other like dirt, in the end they were always there for each other. Something else I would like to have in my life.
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