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Buddies / the Film and Video Workshop, Incorporated presents ; an Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. film ; writer, director, editor, producer, Arthur J. Bressan ; associate producer, John Hartis ; executive producer, Frederick Shminke ; [restoration], Vinegar Syndrome
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Drama.
- Gay men.
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Drama.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Volunteers--Drama.
- Volunteers.
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients.
- Genre:
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (79 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Frameline Distribution, [1985]
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. created this indie masterpiece in 1985, which was the first feature-length drama about AIDS. When 25 year-old gay yuppie David (David Schachter) volunteers to be a "buddy" to an AIDS patient, the gay community center assigns him to Robert (Geoff Edholm), a 32 year-old politically impassioned gay California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers. Revolving around the confines of Robert's Manhattan hospital room, Bressan skillfully unfolds this devastating two-hander (the rest of the cast is only heard offscreen). As David gazes out at the piers and rooftops of Manhattan, we hear his deftly scripted diary entries in voiceover. And as David is changed by knowing Robert, so, too, are we.
- Participant:
- David Schachter, Geoff Edholm, Damon Hairston
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Carl Teitelbaum ; original score, Jeffrey Olmsted ; sound, Steve Hirsch
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 7, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1105586921
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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