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Recently I have been enjoying a great number of gay and lesbian themed short films on youtube. There seems to be more and more everyday. A few I have posted in my blog, but I thought I would start a new thread just for the purpose of showcasing these marvelous little gems. Also a good place to show trailers for up coming gay and lesbian themed films. I will try to keep the balance betwixt boys and girls, and feel free to post your likes as well.
Most of the films are under 10 minutes and in two parts, occasionally a bit longer. Most will probably be in some form of English, but many will be in other languages. Some are quite charming, some are downright disturbing. Remember, no one is making you watch.
The name I get from Jake Gyllenhaal's first big movie, October Sky. In it he plays Homer Hickum, Jr., aspiring 1950's rocket boy. Off for a science competition in an Ohio city (one of those that start with C, and there are too many of them) he goes out to the movies.
Now in reality October Sky was filmed just outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, and I think probably the vintage venue was really named the Tennessean, but that would not work in Ohio, so the lettering had to be changed. When I watched the movie for the second time in the height of my Brokeback Mountain grief, I was like "WTF?!"
Please turn off all cell phones.....
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Our first feature will be the French film Basket et Maths, enjoy! ;)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7uJjXktpJw&feature=related[/youtube]
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Her Name is Ava
Love the use of the color green in this one.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBgMJ4aUY34[/youtube]
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Chicken
This is a very short short film, 2:48, from Ireland:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2htKgdL7aY[/youtube]
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Mars
I am not sure why Mars....in German. Well it sounds German. In two parts.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRd6pSW53tM[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhguW4_EOu4&feature=related[/youtube]
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A Good Son
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd1NM207_dY[/youtube]
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I really, really like short films! :D Thanks for starting this thread, Tru :-*.
I watched them all but the Ava one yet (will do so later).
Mars
I am not sure why Mars....in German. Well it sounds German. In two parts.
Yep, it's German. But I also couldn't figure out why Mars. I guess just for the heck of it? ? ?
I have a thing for tough girls. Liked that one.
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Our first feature will be the French film Basket et Maths, enjoy! ;)
Jeez! They couldn't make the subtitles any more tiny, could they? I needed to watch this one three times to get all of it (and dredge up all my rusty French).
Sweet movie anyway.
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A Good Son
Ack! - dang it, eh? Let's hope he gets a grip before he lives in trailer #17.
I'm trying to figure out from what year this one might be. The quality is so poor, it really looks and sounds like eighties. And the one guy was having a walkman and listening to Velvet Underground. My memory completely fails on dates about VU.
But nobody was online in the eighties. I think the antagonisms are on purpose.
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Her Name is Ava
Love the use of the color green in this one.
Ack! (again :laugh:). I've just tried this one. "The video doesn't play in your country." - *sigh*
And of course I love the title of the thread :).
Thanks again, Tru. CU at the Ennesean soon!
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Ack! (again :laugh:). I've just tried this one. "The video doesn't play in your country." - *sigh*
And of course I love the title of the thread :).
Thanks again, Tru. CU at the Ennesean soon!
Thank kew! I appreciate you stopping by.
That is too bad that one video won't play in your country, I guess it has something to do with some song in the sound track.
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Last Exit
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21NL_3YZ1-s&feature=related[/youtube]
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Zen
Sometimes the gay element is not the overriding component, but an important one none the less.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiD1-ACozus&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79CG04195Y&feature=related[/youtube]
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Valley of Desolation
Angry people.....shsh.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IivqUqMqcv4&feature=related[/youtube]
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Silver Road
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbUyXaHIAM[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwFOo4gzPE&feature=related[/youtube]
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Zen
Sometimes the gay element is not the overriding component, but an important one none the less.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiD1-ACozus&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79CG04195Y&feature=related[/youtube]
LMAO!
Talk about complicated family relations!! :laugh:
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I know, just when you think it cannot become more convoluted, it does.
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The other day, I Swear, I posted this trailer for the up coming Focus Features movie,
The Kids Are Alright
Starring Mark Ruffalo, and several other talented actors who have names......I don't know what happened.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/user/FocusFeatures?v=RixlpHKfb6M&feature=pyv&ad=5892205036&kw=the%20kids%20alright[/youtube]
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Silver Road
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbUyXaHIAM[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwFOo4gzPE&feature=related[/youtube]
I like this one!
Many details in it that reminded me of Brokeback.
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It does me too Sason.
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I read the producer of this film went on to produce the major movie 54
Alkali, Iowa
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzK6EOVCOrk[/youtube]
"Do we have to work on the 4th, this sucks...."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27EGAnoz4PQ[/youtube]
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Zen
Sometimes the gay element is not the overriding component, but an important one none the less.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiD1-ACozus&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79CG04195Y&feature=related[/youtube]
:D Wonderful, this one's my fav from this batch. So hyper.
(Haven't watched Alkali yet).
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Transit
The ending is like.....well you can make anything of it.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsGYvzx2oIs[/youtube]
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No Ordinary Joe
Interesting, a bit rough. :P
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3eI4nPAPiE&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRijG3QM2E&feature=related[/youtube]
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Turning Point
From Australia:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkKbUBYuxiA&feature=related[/youtube]
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I just caught up with Alkali, Iowa, Transit, No Ordinary Joe and Turning Point.
Of those four, Alkali,Iowa was my fav.
"Do we have to work on the 4th, this sucks...."
Yeah, but there is more that sucks in this short movie (for the protagonists, I mean, not for the audience).
Turning Point had an "oops" moment towards the end, and I didn't find the ending of Transit to be so "you can make anything of it" like you did. I thought it was pretty clear. But maybe I have simply less fantasy than you have ;) :laugh:.
I like sitting down for an hour or so and watch three or four short films in a row. Thanks as always, Tru :).
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Coming soon:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=once8DOo71A[/youtube]
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;) The Closet
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEn09oLKCQ[/youtube]
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I watched the movie The Art of Being Straight last night and have too say it is rather pointless and somewhat depressing. I think the main problem is it is EXACTLY like a scene out of real life, the whole thing could have happened for real, and therefor it lacks some of that magic we look to movies for.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQrrxMmVCy4[/youtube]
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I haven't checked the trailer yet, but I'm happy to see this thread returning. I thought of it just the other day.
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Rock Haven
I watched this last night, and really it was not that bad for a low budget independent film. The Christian vs. Gay is starting to become a bit of a cliche I feel.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b30MoPbL2Uk[/youtube]
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Love At First Sight
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFt5Zz5Mwlo&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/youtube]
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WINGS
"Here is the touching scene from the Oscar-winning Wings (1927) featuring one of the first, if not the earliest surviving, on-screen same-sex kisses in film history. I've set this scene to the track The Gift of Mortality from the soundtrack to Bicentennial Man by James Horner. Enjoy!"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vNf9-JuaHg[/youtube]
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THE WAR BOYS
A worthy movie that will make you think.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTFHof--NW0[/youtube]
About 4:35 it gets real interesting.
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Day and Night a funny little film
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOZbfh7yH8&feature=related[/youtube]
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Yay! Thanks for continuing this thread. I can't believe last time I commented is almost a year ago. ::)
I caught up with several, and have to say you nailed every one with one word in your description.
Rock Heaven sounds cliché (I know, it's only the trailer).
Loved the kitty of course.
Day and Night: funny.
(The War Boys and Wings don't play.)
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*waves*
Hiya Big Brother Truman!!!
I just found this thread today! ;D Looks interesting, and I'll be back this weekend to watch what you've posted!
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Day and Night a funny little film
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOZbfh7yH8&feature=related[/youtube]
Cute and funny!
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Here is an interesting Korean short film. Appropriately Brokeback as well. Check out the typo at 6:49
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9auDjmZwxY&feature=fvst[/youtube]
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Oh, that's quite a sad one, Truman.
Like you sad, appropriately Brokebacky. :(
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Like It Is
I watched this 1998 British movie last night and really enjoyed it, but honestly I wish it had subtitles because they were speaking real English and I could only understand about half of it. :laugh:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHIpzBqo_o8[/youtube]
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Very interesting Danish film about a young boy who falls in love with his girlfriend's father.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQcU8c-UMxM [/youtube]
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hiya big brother Truman!!
Have you seen this film?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqIgBGkJwr0[/youtube]
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Whoa! That looks intense! "We could have had a good life together" wow. Netflix here I come.
Thank you for posting that Chuck!
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Very interesting Danish film about a young boy who falls in love with his girlfriend's father.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQcU8c-UMxM [/youtube]
Thank you Sasson, I must have missed this when you posted it. It looks like a winner too!
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I found it quite interesting.
The boy is young and confused, but I think the father is really acting very irresponsibly.
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Something a little different:
A home video of the recent wedding of Randy Roberts Potts, the grandson of the late televanglist Oral Roberts, to Keaton Dorian Johnson, just wonderful:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oQYCRnSOfpk[/youtube]
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hiya big brother Truman!!
Have you seen this film?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqIgBGkJwr0[/youtube]
OMG I saw this movie last night, and brother let me tell you, the world needs to see this gem.
I cannot understand how it slipped in under the radar. I read some reviews about it that were not favorable as to the acting. I don't know what those people were smoking. I thought the acting and the story was just brilliant.
Not to give anything away you can't already surmise from the trailer, it is a story of a group of men, one in particular, who later on in life have to deal with a gay bashing they perpetrated on a friend of theirs. The story slowly unfolds from minimal flash backs and there is more emphasis on how they have turned out, each of them dealing with their remorse while their lives are impacted in ways they can explain to no one else.
The ending, is just too heartbreaking for words. I think this story will be with me for a long time. :'(
And if you like jazz, you'll love the sound track. The producer says in the commentary that the soundtrack "informs the story" and I wondered if that term had ever been used to describe Brokeback, which it certainly does.
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It's at the top of my netflix instant streaming queue. Hope to watch it soon. Thanks for the reminder.
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I wonder how it happens, I never even heard of this before?
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OMG I saw this movie last night, and brother let me tell you, the world needs to see this gem.
I cannot understand how it slipped in under the radar. I read some reviews about it that were not favorable as to the acting. I don't know what those people were smoking. I thought the acting and the story was just brilliant.
Not to give anything away you can't already surmise from the trailer, it is a story of a group of men, one in particular, who later on in life have to deal with a gay bashing they perpetrated on a friend of theirs. The story slowly unfolds from minimal flash backs and there is more emphasis on how they have turned out, each of them dealing with their remorse while their lives are impacted in ways they can explain to no one else.
The ending, is just too heartbreaking for words. I think this story will be with me for a long time. :'(
And if you like jazz, you'll love the sound track. The producer says in the commentary that the soundtrack "informs the story" and I wondered if that term had ever been used to describe Brokeback, which it certainly does.
The way you describe it really makes me want to see it.
But apparently, it was never released outside of the US. :-\
The ending, is just too heartbreaking for words.
Oh well, maybe it's a good thing I can't see it. Had that experience once. Got my heart ripped out by two guys, took me a long time to get over the heartbreak. Maybe you've heard of the movie.... ;)
"We could have had a good life together"
Yeah, that line from the trailer made me "Oh" too.
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So, I watched "Handsome Harry" tonight.
Surely I'm jaded from Brokeback, because it didn't touch me deeply. Although I appreciated the performances, especially from Aidan Quinn, and Campbell Scott is a wonder--of course he read our story on CD--it just didn't do it for me.
Maybe because the flashbacks were very sparse, I didn't get a sense of the earlier connection until the end.
Jamey Sheridan may be handsome, but his acting is a little flat, to me.
Funny, I thought "Handsome Harry" was a dumb title. Then again, back in 2005, I thought "Brokeback Mountain" was a dumb title also!
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I think this movie probably got made because of Brokeback, it seems to have some of the same themes.
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One of the members on DCF (gattaca) sent me a copy of the dvd, I really enjoyed it, thought it was well done, and thought at the end when the one man was at the piano, it was heartbreaking for me.
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Here is a great opportunity, along the lines of finishing the story, to do some good:
Please take a few minutes to follow the link and read about this worthy project to document one lost uncle's story, I'm making a donation:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cecilia/memories-of-a-penitent-heart
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94o6j2aaxHI[/youtube]
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:D
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAQ8J7vDy4E[/youtube]
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:D
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAQ8J7vDy4E[/youtube]
:laugh: :laugh:
It's really well done! Love it!