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Other gay-themed movies
iristarr:
Thanks for reminding me of Love, Valor, Compassion. I liked it so much when I saw it but had forgotten about it. I've just signed up for Netflix so am compiling my Queue. Another I liked is Maurice, about two young men falling in love in an English boarding school. I believe Hugh Grant is one of them. It doesn't have a happy ending.
JCinNYC2006:
Really? I find the ending of Maurice to be very sweet. Just when it seems they'll be pulled apart, Maurice makes a leap of faith and decides to "run away" with Alec. Before he does so, he kind of tells off Clive, the Hugh Grant character, and then meets Alec in the boathouse. What I don't remember is whether the movie had a different ending than the novel. I read somewhere that Forster himself found the idea that they could overcome their class differences to be together improbable. But then again, he also asked that the novel not be published until after his death.
iristarr:
I'm happy to hear that. It's been years since I first saw it, on PBS, and I blundered trying to record it and cut off the ending. And then, apparently, forgot it (the ending). Sure look forward to seeing it again, via Netflix.
(VCR-impaired, in California)
JCinNYC2006:
Do you have a DVD player? It was releasd last year on DVD with a lot of terrific extra features. I could always make you a copy. J
Impish:
Welcome iristarr!
I think you may be the first lesbian to join us in the Safe Haven column... and it will be so nice to get your point of view in the mix. :D
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