Independent queer cinema : reviews and interviews / Gary M. Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kramer, Gary M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality in motion pictures.

Gay people in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Reviews.

Motion pictures.

Independent filmmakers.

Gay motion picture producers and directors.

Gay motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.

Independent filmmakers--Interviews.

Genre:

Reviews.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xv, 255 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Southern Tier Editions, Harrington Park Press, [2006]

Summary:

Film critic Gary M. Kramer (Philadelphia Gay News, San Francisco Bay Times, Frontiers) 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 discussed - from 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.

Contents:

Introduction: There's No Accounting for Taste 1

Part I Interviews

Chapter 1 Intriguing Queer Filmmakers 7

Kinsey / Bill Condon 7

The Safety of Objects / Rose Troche 10

His Secret Life / Ferzan Ozpetek 12

Mambo Italiano / Emile Gaudreault, Steve Galluccio 14

The Trip / Miles Swain, Larry Sullivan 17

Food of Love / Ventura Pons 20

Chapter 2 Fierce Eroticism 25

O Fantasma / Joao Pedro Rodrigues 25

The Fluffer / Richard Glatzer, Wash West 27

Circuit / Dirk Shafer 29

Party Monster / Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato 31

Madame Sata / Karim Ainouz 34

Proteus / John Greyson 36

Chapter 3 Queering the Lines 43

Bright Young Things / Stephen Fry 43

Anything But Love / Robert Cary 45

Lost in La Mancha / Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe 48

Owning Mahowny / Richard Kwietniowski 50

Saved! / Brian Dannelly 52

Twist / Jacob Tierney 54

The Barbarian Invasions / Denys Arcand 56

Capturing the Friedmans / Andrew Jarecki 58

Swimming / Robert J. Siegel 60

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead / Steve Guttenberg 63

Chapter 4 Fascinating Actors 67

The Deep End / Tilda Swinton 67

A Matter of Taste / Jean-Pierre Lorit 69

The Embalmer / Ernesto Mahieux 71

The Dancer Upstairs / Javier Bardem 73

Kissing Jessica Stein / Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen 77

A Home at the End of the World / Dallas Roberts 82

Chapter 5 Promising Starts 85

Two Brothers / Richard Bell 85

Gone, But Not Forgotten / Michael Akers, Matthew Montgomery 89

Wave Babes / Georgia Ragsdale 91

Leaving Metropolis / Brad Fraser 94

Fake ID / Gil D. Reyes 97

Chapter 6 Not Their True Calling 101

Circuit / Paul Lekakis 101

F**k the Disabled / Greg Walloch, Eli Kabillio 104

Notorious C.H.O. / Margaret Cho 108

Boys Briefs 2 / Danny Roberts 110

Part II Film Reviews

Chapter 7 Hot and Sexy 115

Come Undone 115

O Fantasma 117

Burnt Money 118

Bad Education 120

Madame Sata 122

Chapter 8 Intimacy 125

Kinsey 125

His Brother 127

Smokers Only 129

1,000 Clouds of Peace 130

Lan Yu 132

Yossi & Jagger 134

Chapter 9 Seductive 137

Secret Things 137

Confusion of Genders 139

His Secret Life 140

Swimming Pool 142

Strayed 144

Chapter 10 Heartache 147

Luster 147

The Rules of Attraction 149

Lawless Heart 151

Testosterone 153

Love Forbidden 154

The Embalmer 156

Chapter 11 Such a Drag 159

Transfixed 159

Gaudi Afternoon 161

Girls Will Be Girls 163

Venus Boyz 164

All the Queen's Men 166

Chapter 12 Bad Taste 169

Talk to Her 169

De-Lovely 171

Ordinary Sinner 173

Straight-Jacket 174

Love in the Time of Money 176

Chapter 13 Just Plain Offensive 179

The Good Old Naughty Days 179

Beyond Vanilla 181

Nine Dead Gay Guys 182

Bulgarian Lovers 184

Games People Play: New York 186

Anatomy of Hell 188

A Dirty Shame 189

Chapter 14 Shock and Awe 193

Elephant 193

Carandiru 195

Monster 196

The Child I Never Was 198

Chapter 15 Passions 201

Facing Windows 201

Far from Heaven 203

My Mother Likes Women 205

Suddenly 207

Latter Days 208

Km. O 210

Chapter 16 Family Redefined 213

Hush! 213

Mambo Italiano 215

Touch of Pink 217

Sordid Lives 218

Chapter 17 Artistic Temperaments 221

Chop Suey 221

Borstal Boy 222

Bright Young Things 224

Prey for Rock & Roll 226

Chapter 18 Coming of Age 229

Swimming 229

The Mudge Boy 231

Gypsy 83 233

Saved! 235

Boys Life 4: Four Play 237

You'll Get Over It 238.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1560233435

OCLC:

61704738

Publisher Number:

9781560233435