Independent Queer Cinema : Reviews and Interviews

by Kramer, Gary M.

• ISBN13: 9781560233435
• ISBN10: 1560233435
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Harrington Park Pr

Summary

A celebration of gay and lesbian films and filmmakers Film critic Gary M. Kramer has always looked to films as a mirror to see how gay and lesbian life is represented. Independent Queer Cinema collects 100 of Kramer's reviews and interviews (from 1999 to 2004) that celebrate the latest queer wave of actors, writers, and directors. These are films and filmmakers to be discovered and discussedfrom the independent American hit Kissing Jessica Stein and the provocative foreign gem Come Undone, to tantalizing insights from Stephen Fry and Tilda Swinton. Independent Queer Cinema is a valuable reference guide as well as an entertaining compilation of Kramer's astute reviews and interviews. There's no shortage of great gay and lesbian films-if you know where to look. Independent Queer Cinema is your guide to the films and personalities that deserve more attention, more respect, and more success, with a special focus on the foreign and low-budget gems that can slip past without

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Author's Note	xv
Introduction: There's No Accounting for Taste	1	(6)
PART I: INTERVIEWS
Chapter 1. Intriguing Queer Filmmakers	7	(18)
Bill Condon: Kinsey	7	(3)
Rose Troche: The Safety of Objects	10	(2)
Ferzan Ozpetek: His Secret Life	12	(2)
Émile Gaudreault (with Steve Galluccio): Mambo Italiano	14	(3)
Miles Swain (with Larry Sullivan): The Trip	17	(3)
Ventura Pons: Food of Love	20	(5)
Chapter 2. Fierce Eroticism	25	(18)
João Pedro Rodrigues: O Fantasma	25	(2)
Richard Glatzer and Wash West: The Huffer	27	(2)
Dirk Shafer: Circuit	29	(2)
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato: Party Monster	31	(3)
Karim Ainouz: Madame Saki	34	(2)
John Greyson: Proteus	36	(7)
Chapter 3. Queering the Lines	43	(24)
Stephen Fry: Bright Young Things	43	(2)
Robert Cary: Anything But Love	45	(3)
Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe: Lost in La Mancha	48	(2)
Richard Kwietniowski: Owning Mahowny	50	(2)
Brian Dannelly: Saved!	52	(2)
Jacob Tierney: Twist	54	(2)
Denys Arcand: The Barbarian Invasions	56	(2)
Andrew Jarecki: Capturing the Friedmans	58	(2)
Robert J. Siegel: Swimming	60	(3)
Steve Guttenberg: P.S. Your Cat Is Dead	63	(4)
Chapter 4. Fascinating Actors	67	(18)
Tilda Swinton: The Deep End	67	(2)
Jean-Pierre Lorit: A Matter of Taste	69	(2)
Ernesto Mahieux: The Embalmer	71	(2)
Javier Bardem: The Dancer Upstairs	73	(4)
Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen: Kissing Jessica Stein	77	(5)
Dallas Roberts: A Home at the End of the World	82	(3)
Chapter 5. Promising Starts	85	(16)
Richard Bell: Two Brothers	85	(4)
Michael Akers (with Matthew Montgomery): Gone, But Not Forgotten	89	(2)
Georgia Ragsdale: Wave Babes	91	(3)
Brad Fraser: Leaving Metropolis	94	(3)
Gil D. Reyes: Fake ID	97	(4)
Chapter 6. Not Their True Calling	101	(14)
Paul Lekakis: Circuit	101	(3)
Greg Walloch (with Eli Kabillio): F**k, the Disabled	104	(4)
Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.	108	(2)
Danny Roberts: Boys Briefs 2	110	(5)
PART II: FILM REVIEWS
Chapter 7. Hot and Sexy	115	(10)
Come Undone	115	(2)
O Fantasma	117	(1)
Burnt Money	118	(2)
Bad Education	120	(2)
Madame Sata	122	(3)
Chapter 8. Intimacy	125	(12)
Kinsey	125	(2)
His Brother	127	(2)
Smokers Only	129	(1)
1,000 Clouds of Peace	130	(2)
Lan Yu	132	(2)
Yossi & Jagger	134	(3)
Chapter 9. Seductive	137	(10)
Secret Things	137	(2)
Confilsion of Genders	139	(1)
His Secret Life	140	(2)
Swimming Pool	142	(2)
Strayed	144	(3)
Chapter 10. Heartache	147	(12)
Luster	147	(2)
The Rules of Attraction	149	(2)
Lawless Heart	151	(2)
Testosterone	153	(1)
Love Forbidden	154	(2)
The Embalmer	156	(3)
Chapter 11. Such a Drag	159	(10)
Transfixed	159	(2)
Gaudi Afternoon	161	(2)
Girls Will Be Girls	163	(1)
Venus Boyz	164	(2)
All the Queen's Men	166	(3)
Chapter 12. Bad Taste	169	(10)
Talk to Her	169	(2)
De-Lovely	171	(2)
Ordinary Sinner	173	(1)
Straight Jacket	174	(2)
Love in the Time of Money	176	(3)
Chapter 13. Just Plain Offensive	179	(14)
The Good Old Naughty Days	179	(2)
Beyond Vanilla	181	(1)
Nine Dead Gay Guys	182	(2)
Bulgarian Lovers	184	(2)
Games People Play: New York	186	(2)
Anatomy of Hell	188	(1)
A Dirty Shame	189	(4)
Chapter 14. Shock and Awe	193	(8)
Elephant	193	(2)
Carandiru	195	(1)
Monster	196	(2)
The Child I Never Was	198	(3)
Chapter 15. Passions	201	(12)
Facing Windows	201	(2)
Far from Heaven	203	(2)
My Mother Likes Women	205	(2)
Suddenly	207	(1)
Latter Days	208	(2)
Km. O	210	(3)
Chapter 16. Family Redefined	213	(8)
Hush!	213	(2)
Mambo Italiano	215	(2)
Touch of Pink	217	(1)
Sordid Lives	218	(3)
Chapter 17. Artistic Temperaments	221	(8)
Chop Suey	221	(1)
Borstal Boy	222	(2)
Bright Young Things	224	(2)
Prey for Rock & Roll	226	(3)
Chapter 18. Coming of Age	229	(12)
Swimming	229	(2)
The Mudge Boy	231	(2)
Gypsy 83	233	(2)
Saved!	235	(2)
Boys Life 4: Four Play	237	(1)
You'll Get Over It	238	(3)
Name Index	241	(10)
Title Index	251