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NEW FEST: 20th Anniversary NY LGB&T Film Festival: "Were the World Mine" (2008)
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on June 22, 2008, 03:56:33 pm ---
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Geebus Christu, John, you look fantastique! :-*
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Elle, you are too kind--
I remember the Sondheim lyric (A Little Night Music, the opening song 'Now,'):
My body's all right--
But not in perspective
And not in the light--
But thanks!
;D
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 23, 2008, 11:56:28 am ---Gasp! You met Don? Tell us more!!
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Yes!
Well, again, thanks to Jenny (newyearsday), we went to the screening for Chris & Don at the New York LGB&T Film Festival on June 7th. Two the producers first introduced the film, then the producers came back out afterwards with Don Bachardy himself, and the crowded theater stood and cheered, a very emotional standing ovation.
Don spoke for quite a while--he's very articulate and drily funny--and then the program coordinator said 'We need the theater back--but if you want to meet Don up close, join us for a party in Don's honor at Plumm (246 West 14th Street between 7th and 8th).' Jenny and I looked at each other and we said "Like, duh--yeah!'
So. We went, hung around, then Don and the entourage walked in, and Jenny and I just zoomed over. Boom, we pounced! We found Don to be delightful, and I finally told him what I had been thinking during his Q&A talk earlier: 'You're beautiful inside and out,' a dumb, but utterly heartfelt thing, and that was it! Jenny and I left as anything else would be too anticlimactical, so we went to Florent on Gaansevort Street (as it is closing June 29)--just a wonderful evening!
If you have a chance to see the movie Chris & Don, go--you won't regret it!
Shakesthecoffecan:
I enjoyed Chris and Don very much, but I thik the timing of Were The World Mine, really drove it home for me.
If you get a chance to see these films, please do so.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC_Q44P8_m4[/youtube]
Similar:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7IOlfTcFf4&feature=related[/youtube]
And an interview:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ao-5d0C2bM&feature=related[/youtube]
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Yay! At long last!
Coming Soon
Starts on 11/21/2008
WERE THE WORLD MINE - (unrated)
2008 - USA - English - 95 minutes - Logo
Directed by: Tom Gustafson
Featuring: Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Nathaniel David Becker
If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy. Armed with the pansy, Timothy's fading spirit soars as he puckishly imposes a new reality by turning much of his narrow-minded town gay, beginning with the rugby-jock of his dreams. Ensnaring family, friends and enemies in this heart-wrenching chaos, Timothy forces them to walk a mile in his musical shoes. The course of true love never did run smooth, but by the end of this moving musical comedy of errors based on director Tom Gustafson's prolific award-winning short film, Fairies, the bumpy ride comes to a heartfelt conclusion. With vibrant imagery, a first-rate ensemble cast and innovative music rivaling the best of pop/ rock and contemporary Broadway, WERE THE WORLD MINE attempts to push modern gay cinema and musical film beyond expectation.
"Critic's Pick - Must See!"
--New York Magazine
"Surpasses in quality almost any competition film from Sundance this year."
--Indiewire.com
"The musical numbers are inventively choreographed and energetically performed...a rousing, warm-hearted spectacle."
--Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
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