Noel Aguirre
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I actually rented for a week last summer the house at the Pines where BITS was filmed- the round windows are still there!Will Krupp said:Now BOYS IN THE SAND, on the other hand, still holds up!!
I actually rented for a week last summer the house at the Pines where BITS was filmed- the round windows are still there!Will Krupp said:Now BOYS IN THE SAND, on the other hand, still holds up!!
I first saw Boys in the Band during initial release at an art house in Palo Alto. The audience was totally involved in what they were seeing and hearing. I believe they looked beyond what we now see as stereotypical behaviour to see the humanity and the basic likeability of the characters. Gay and straight, people identified with these characters.sonomatom1 said:As for Boys in the Band, I remember when it first came out and it was oh-so shocking and groundbreaking. As a young gay man, I hated its self-deprecating self-loathing hateful themes and characters. It was like watching and listening to a bunch of drag queens from the 50s (not a pretty picture, believe me). The film was all about shame and loathing. There is nothing about era or play/movie I want to relive. Better buried and forgotten!
Mark-P said:
I just spent the last 90 minutes watching Robin Williams' final film. He gives a realistic melancholy performance, and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a posthumous Oscar nomination. While a big part of the story is about his trying to rescue a prostitute who doesn't want to be rescued (nothing original there) the real gist of the story is about a 60-year-old gay man who has spent his entire life just conforming to society's expectations, and doesn't want to do it anymore. That's a real thing. I won't spoil the ending. Some may find the tone of the movie depressing, but personally I found it to be deeply profound.
I'm not sure I would be able to see this film again..Mark Walker said:Longtime Companion is now OOP on DVD and not available on any streaming service, per this wonderful article revisiting the film with its cast and crew 25 years later:
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/longtime-companion-turns-25-an-oral-history-of-127421596292.html
While I have the OOP DVD, it was not even enhanced for widescreen displays. I hope this film gets revisited for release with better picture and sound. A quality Blu-ray would be wonderful.
Mark Walker said:Longtime Companion is now OOP on DVD and not available on any streaming service, per this wonderful article revisiting the film with its cast and crew 25 years later:
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/longtime-companion-turns-25-an-oral-history-of-127421596292.html
While I have the OOP DVD, it was not even enhanced for widescreen displays. I hope this film gets revisited for release with better picture and sound. A quality Blu-ray would be wonderful.
Mark-P said:Since it's an MGM title, I hope Kino picks it up. They did put out Boys in the Band after all...
And how about Torch Song Trilogy? I yearn for these titles that were so instrumental during my coming out years.
Jason_V said:Just finished watching Gerontophilia on Netflix. I can't say I loved it...really fairly neutral on the movie as a whole. It deal with a young man figuring out he has an attraction to older (ie. elderly) men.
This is certainly a subject worthy of at least some study, but this film doesn't do any of it justice. What is it about the elderly "young" Lake finds attractive? Where is his internal struggle with his attraction? When did he start feeling it?
There's some subplot about his mother which honestly goes nowhere and does nothing, not to mention his work supervisor who goes from a major detractor to a decent enough ally. (Okay, maybe not an ally per se, but she doesn't exactly pitch a fit when she finds Lake in various states of undress with a patient.)
I'm not giving this one a recommendation...there just isn't enough here.
I surely hope this is the first they tackle with since it's so universally loved! (and the best according to ratings too among the unreleased yet on Bluray Merchant-Ivory films)Mark-P said:Cohen Media Group has acquired the rights to distribute Merchant Ivory films, so there is new hope for Maurice on Blu-ray!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/business/media/cohen-media-group-acquires-merchant-ivory-films.html?_r=0
Konstantinos said:Oh, I didn't know The Pillow Book is a gay film.
Maybe I should watch it...
edit: I think I misunderstood and it's not a gay film.