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Other gay-themed movies
Impish:
I watched "My Beautiful Laundrette" recently, and I must confess I've never understood why this film became so popular.
The script is unfocused: what's the movie about? The romance? Race relations in England? Father-son relationships? There are other possibilities, as every story-line componenet is given equal weight, leaving the viewer floundering.
The script wanders and can never make up its mind about the point it's trying to make. Why was this movie such a big hit?
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: Impish on May 06, 2006, 09:19:11 am ---I watched "My Beautiful Laundrette" recently, and I must confess I've never understood why this film became so popular.
The script is unfocused: what's the movie about? The romance? Race relations in England? Father-son relationships? There are other possibilities, as every story-line componenet is given equal weight, leaving the viewer floundering.
The script wanders and can never make up its mind about the point it's trying to make. Why was this movie such a big hit?
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Well I haven't seen it for a while, but you need to know a little about not only race relations in England, but that it was Thatcher's Britian, which put a lot of pressure on working people. The opening scene of someone getting tipped out of their flat sets the scene. Some of your comments could be made about BBM - and have - and the answers are the same. Watch it carefully, reading between the lines. I'm not saying it's as good as BBM or anything like it, but like BBM it deserves careful attention.
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: Impish on May 06, 2006, 09:19:11 am ---I watched "My Beautiful Laundrette" recently, and I must confess I've never understood why this film became so popular.
The script is unfocused: what's the movie about? The romance? Race relations in England? Father-son relationships? There are other possibilities, as every story-line componenet is given equal weight, leaving the viewer floundering.
The script wanders and can never make up its mind about the point it's trying to make. Why was this movie such a big hit?
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i guess i might agree with you. i remember barely anything from that film. the only vivid image is a scene where the two men meet on the street. they hug and Daniel's character licks the other guy on the neck. that was sexy and flirty. other than that, i don't remember anything about it.
kudzudaddy:
Impish --
great thread. Much fodder for thought.
I haven't seen mentioned "Total Eclipse" and "Before Night Falls."
Total - is a pretty good take on the Rimbaud/Verlaine romance and Before is a true story also about aCuban poet. It's brutal and heart rending with a devastating performance from Javier Bardem ( I think). Also a cameo from Johnny Depp which will blow your mind.
Re: The La Cage films. Only the first is watchable. The second is just a rehash and the third is UNWATCHABLE.
There's also a Dutch film... called, I believe, "For the love of a Soldier" or something like that. A modern day artist remembers his affair with a canadian flyer during the war when he was 12. Certainly the only pederastic film I know and, aside from some "arty" touches, extremely well done.
Two others, NOT gay films but with strong homophile subtexts, are "Birdy" and "Gallipoli." Both well worth watching on their merits.
Just my 2 cents...
--Kudz
moremojo:
--- Quote from: kudzudaddy on May 11, 2006, 08:39:10 pm ---
Two others, NOT gay films but with strong homophile subtexts, are "Birdy" and "Gallipoli." Both well worth watching on their merits.
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Another film which is not homosexually themed per se (though in this case lesbian-themed per se would be more accurate), but which nonetheless evokes a strong sense of love and desire among females, is the 1975 Australian classic Picnic at Hanging Rock, directed by Peter Weir and based on the novel by Joan Lindsay. A haunting fantasy set in the rural Victoria of 1900, this lovely film engenders a strong sense of melancholy yearning and wonder.
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