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Other gay-themed movies
Impish:
I saw "Eating Out" last night for the first time. Not a very a good movie, except you get to see the weenies of Scott Lunsford and Ryan Carnes (now on Desparate Housewives as the gay gardener) if you can obtain the uncut version. Unfortunately, those two brief shots are about the only redeeming "features" in the movie! ;D
Another film just arrived to add to my collection, "Just a Question of Love." I do my DVD shopping online, and more are on the way, so I'll keep yawl updated on my collection as it grows.
rightstar:
Here are 2 more I've seen: Longtime Companion, which was OK, and "Fun down there" which was truly awful! I notice too that the dreadful "bird cage" is missing from the list, along with the European "Cage aux Folles" 1,2,3 versions, a bit better than the American. And going way back, there are two with gay elements: Teorum and Something for Everyone. If you want stray further off stream Archangel, by Guy Madden has a gay scene (and is one of my favorite movies of all time).
Impish:
--- Quote from: rightstar on March 04, 2006, 09:14:01 pm ---Here are 2 more I've seen: Longtime Companion, which was OK, and "Fun down there" which was truly awful! I notice too that the dreadful "bird cage" is missing from the list, along with the European "Cage aux Folles" 1,2,3 versions, a bit better than the American. And going way back, there are two with gay elements: Teorum and Something for Everyone. If you want stray further off stream Archangel, by Guy Madden has a gay scene (and is one of my favorite movies of all time).
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I've ordered the original French "La Cage aux Folles" just yesterday. I saw it when it was first released, and loved it. I didn't like the sequels nearly as much, and don't plan on buying them.
I never saw "The Bird Cage," and never will.
Same for "In and Out." I went to this one with a lesbian friend, and after only 10 minutes, look at each other at the same instant and rose to leave without having to say a word. We demanded our money back, and got it.
Br. Patrick:
There was a made for TV movie called "That Certain Summer" in the early 1970's. It starred Hal Holbrock (sp?) and Martin Sheen (who is a long time friend of a friend of mine). I can't remember the plot. I sure would like to see that again. It made me know I "wasn't alone". Now that I've remembered that, I will ask my friend to ask Martin Sheen if it has, or could, be released.
Impish:
I saw "Walk on Water" last night, by Israeli director Eytan Fox, who also made "Yossi and Jagger."
This is the story of an assassin in the Mossad who gets to know the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal, one of whom is gay. The assassin is played by Lior Ashkenazi, who has the rugged-and-unstudied good looks that attract me most.
The story is really about him and how by spending time with a gay man overcomes not only his homophobia but his hatred of Muslims and Arabs as well. No, he doesn't have a gay sexual experience, nor is he revealed to be closeted. He's a decidedly straight man who learns to trust and respect a gay man.
Some good performances here, but the script is on the weak side. I didn't believe the climatic scene of the film , when he cries in the arms of his gay friend, even though I've had that happen to me. So the scene was in the realm of possibility to me, but the script up to that point hadn't convinced me that this would happen with this particular character.
However, that last scene got me thinking about the need to be held once in a while, and I'm going to post those thoughts in a separate thread.
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