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AfterElton's 50 Greatest Gay Movies Ever (and you LOVE #1!)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Again, come on, #29? I think not!
Thank you, Ang.
http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2008/9/50greatestgaymovies?page=0%2C6
29. The Wedding Banquet (1993)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107156/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_Banquet
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Lynn Redgrave. Brendan Fraser. Ian McKellen!!!
Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay).
48?
No.
Better. Maybe even top ten.
http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2008/9/50greatestgaymovies?page=0%2C9
48. Gods and Monsters (1998)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120684/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_and_Monsters
Kd5000:
I really liked PARTING GLANCES. It really touched a chord with me as it's portrayal of gay life seemed so honest at the time. Probably the first gay movie I saw that didn't deal with "coming out" issues and the usual scripted drama. I saw it a few years after it's release on video. It came in at #14 ;D ;D
14. Parting Glances (1986)
How’s this for cinema verite? In 1986, when almost every other feature filmmaker was staying far away from AIDS, and when television was talking about AIDS only as it relates to straight people, writer-director Bill Sherwood released this intimate, low-budget film about the disease’s impact on gay men. Made for a mere $310,000 back when the cost of basic filmmaking was much higher, Parting Glances tells the story of a group of gay men over a single 24-hour period; one of the men, a rock star dying of AIDS, is played by Steve Buscemi in his much-heralded film debut. Sherwood wrote other screenplays, but none were ever produced, and he died of AIDS in 1990. Still, by daring to go where other filmmakers would not, Sherwood earned a pivotal place in the history of gay cinema; Parting Glances was recently named one of the first two films to be restored by the Outfest Legacy Project for the LGBT Film Preservation Partnership
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