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oilgun:
--- Quote from: moremojo on January 10, 2008, 11:36:49 am ---I have heard of this film by Chereau (who is himself a gay man) but have never seen it. Critic David Ehrenstein (also gay) thinks very highly of it, and recently contrasted if favorably with the (to his mind and mine) homophobic 1980 feature Cruising, which apparently treads similar thematic ground. Here are two pertinent comments from Ehrenstein relating to Chereau's film which appeared on the online discussion group 'A Film By':
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/a_film_by/message/47365
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/a_film_by/message/47397
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Thanks for directing me to that discussion Moremojo. The biggest problem I had with Cruising was having to cross a picket line of friends to see it. Three times. I couldn't care less that it didn't portray the gay community in a positive light palatable to straight sensibilities. The leather scene depicted looked pretty authentic to me. I keep thinking that if a gay director had made the very same film and it was mainly screened at gay venues, that gays would have embraced it for its rawness & (sur)realism. Like I said on another thread somewhere, it was my first time seeing, on screen, some hot tough looking guys getting it on (and passionately kissing!), I loved it! The confusing story was secondary, lol!
Anyway you should definitely add L'Homme blessé to your Netflix queue. I'll rewatch it (in its entirety) and see how it compares with Cruising. It's definitely more real, emotionally, like so many French films I find, which makes it harder to watch. I see Cruising as a horror-thriller while L'Homme blessé is a character-driven psycho-sexual drama.
oilgun:
El Mar (2000) directed by Agustin Villaronga. Starring Roger Casamajor (the rebel from Pan's Labyrinth), Bruno Bergonzini & Antonia Torrens.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220631/
I was in pure ecstasy watching this, it has everything I love in a film: Gorgeous minimalist art direction, handsome, thin, wan consumptive guys, repressed sexual desires, tortured psyches, Catholic imagery, violent (homo)sex, murderous passion & ... nuns! I'm actually trembling as I write this. ;)
A review from an enthusiastic IMDb user:
Like his earlier film, "In a Glass Cage", Agustín Villaronga achieves an intense and highly poetic canvas that is even more refined visually than its predecessor. This is one of the most visually accomplished and haunting pictures one could ever see. The heightened drama, intensity and undertone of violence threatens on the melodramatic or farcical, yet never steps into it. In that way, it pulls off an almost impossible feat: to be so over-the-top and yet so painfully restrained, to be so charged and yet so understated, and even the explosive finales are virtuosic feasts of the eye. Unabashed, gorgeous, and highly tense... this film is simply superb!
Artiste:
Thanks oilgun!
Any clips about:
El Mar?
L'homme blessé?
Hugs!
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Artiste on January 11, 2008, 12:03:10 am ---Thanks oilgun!
Any clips about:
El Mar?
L'homme blessé?
Hugs!
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Like I said, I haven't come across any but if you're interested, both films are available to rent from zip.ca
shortfiction:
I just saw Big Eden last week and it was very nice--sweet, endearing, quirky and charming.
Highly recommended.
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