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An older artist, shunned by the white-hot media of the contemporary world, begins to glow again when he meets a handsome, not-altogether all-American boy. In 1998, two writer-directors brought extraordinary care to this subject, creating films that appeared on several top 10 lists. Gods and Monsters won an Oscar for Bill Condon's screenplay and a nomination for Ian McKellen's acting. Richard Kwietniowski's Love and Death on Long Island was forgotten during the award season. John Hurt has rarely been better as Giles De'Ath, a renowned British author of dry, laborious text. By sheer accident he sees a Porky's-type comedy at the theater: Hot Pants College II. About to leave, he spies on screen his very idea of beauty: a near-talentless American actor named Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley, in another deft, underseen performance). So starts De'Ath's very long trek out of his shell. He is so out of touch that when he purchases a VCR (to see the original Hot Pants College, no less), he doesn't realize he needs a TV set to view the picture. By film's end, he will meet his idol and jump into an abyss. Kwietniowski's debut film has uncommon sensitivity in the realm of fantasy and dream makers. As with Gods and Monsters, its homosexual undercurrent can play comfortably in front of straight viewers looking for crisp writing, fresh perspectives, and great acting. --Doug Thomas
Just your usual 'man wants boy who lives with girl' story
One really wants to like this unusual little film. The premise is intriguing and full of possibilities, and it is deftly cast. It hedges its bets, though, and is not ultimately very satisfying, though it starts out promisingly. Giles De'Ath (John Hurt), a reclusive and arrid academician, is locked out of his London home. Ducking into a cineplex, he finds himself in the wrong theater watching 'Hot Pants College II'. He is arrested by the sight of a young actor on screen, Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley). Having been accosted by some jocks, Ronnie is lying on a table in a picture of homoerotic martyrdom. The actor's beauty captivates Giles (quite justifiably so), and his life takes on new purpose. He fantasizes about him and even takes to smoking cigarettes that happen to sport the same name as the Long Island village in which Ronnie lives. In a moment of uncharacteristic spontaneity, Giles goes there to seek out the object of his fantasy. He runs into Ronnie's live-in girlfriend at a supermarket -- literally, with a shopping cart -- in a strangely awkward and unfunny scene. The nicest moment of the film comes soon after, though, as Giles sees Ronnie walking his dog on the beach. The two finally meet and, as their hands clasp, fantasy becomes reality. For a moment. Reality cannot measure up and it is downhill for the viewer, the characters, and the film. Ronnie is simply flattered that the writer has taken such an avid interest in his career and wants to write a script for him. Jason Priestley is appropriately beautiful and seductively photographed from a distance but, written shallowly, he loses his appeal as we get closer. The suspicious and unpleasant girlfriend manipulates the couple into moving to L.A. and Giles, in a desperate (and shamelessly embarassing) move, tries unsuccessfully to get Ronnie to dump her and come to England with him. So Giles returns alone, feeling that the actor will somehow remember this moment forever -- another fantasy. The sole result of their meeting seems to be a new scene for Ronnie in 'Hot Pants College III', and a new self-indulgence for Giles. 'Love and Death' is billed as a comedy, but it isn't funny. It could have been a touching tragedy, but it falls short. Taking after 'Death in Venice' in premise only, the film is as different from that literary masterpiece as Venice is from Long Island.
Hot Pants College 2
a nice and charming story about obsession. John Hurt plays a writer who walks into the wrong movie and finds the handsome Jason Preistley fasinating and he goes and becomes so obsessed with the actor he goes to Long Island to seek out where he lives, he eventually finds out and meets him threw his girlfriend because he told her hes such a big hit in London, so they meet and they become friends. Hurt's passion for Preistley grows(only if it where someone other then a old man loving a guy, ehhh) and then people are rejected. good filmmaking with superb performances all around. Maury Chaykin and his fellow restaurant staff are hilarious, especially the highlighted scene where they all talk about dog names. a wonderful film
finally re-released
This really is a great film. Fans of films like XXX steer clear. It is dark and very thought provoking, and watching Hurts obsession with the young actor grow is fantastic. Who'd have thought that jason priestly would appear in a good film!!
The second of the three Merchant/Ivory films adapting E.M. Forster novels (between A Room with a View and Howard's End), Maurice deals with a theme few period pieces dare mention--a young man's struggle with his homosexuality. It's not just a gay coming-of-age story, however. The hero wrestles with British class society as much as his personal and sexual identity.
The film opens on a stormy, windswept beach, as an older man awkwardly instructs young, fatherless Maurice Hall (James Wilby) in the "sacred mysteries" of sex. The same turbulent, wordless struggle with passion lasts throughout this slowly evolving, beautifully filmed story. Novelist E.M. Forster's brainy, British melodrama hinges on choice and compulsion, as the pensive hero falls for two completely... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Rupert Graves Director(s): James Ivory DVD Release Date: Released the 24 February 2004 Special Order
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A Love story about "What could have should have might have been" IF ONLY... is the basic premise of The Trip. The Trip follows two gay men through young adulthood into early middle age. One a fully realized gay young man living in truth to himself with honor without shame. This first young man was doing what he could as a gay activist from the 1970's onward to champion causes of gay rights, HIV awareness and diversity. The other gay man was a conflicted deeply closeted homosexual chap from one of those hellish super religious conservative homes where father rules with an iron fist and every aspect of waking life is lived daddy's straight arrow conservative way or no way.
On his own and away from his militaristic thought police father at home the young seemingly... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Miles Swain DVD Release Date: Released the 09 December 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Set in the Little Italy neighborhood of Montreal, Mambo Italiano is a fresh and enjoyable take on gay relationships. After reconnecting with an estranged childhood friend, Angelo (Luke Kirby) discovers that he and Nino (Peter Miller) have more in common than just their Italian heritage and suffocating families. After they move in together, Angelo finds that he can't stand being in the closet any longer--but Nino, who's a cop and much more attached to passing as straight, resists. After Angelo tells his parents (Ginette Reno and Paul Sorvino), their lives explode and Angelo discovers that coming out may cost him everything he held dear. The emphasis on ethnic humor threatens to turn Mambo Italiano into My Big Gay Italian Wedding, but the clever writing,... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Luke Kirby - Ginette Reno - Paul Sorvino - Peter Miller (XII) Director(s): Émile Gaudreault DVD Release Date: Released the 17 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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enjoyed this movie. worth watching. not the best i have seen, but ok More Info about this DVD Director(s): Stéphane Giusti DVD Release Date: Released the 11 November 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Harvey Fierstein had a smash hit on Broadway with the stage version of this story about a drag queen, but whatever the magic there was doesn't show up in this film adaptation. (Fierstein allegedly couldn't line up an A-list or even B-list director in 1988 to tackle the gay story line, so he agreed to work with Paul Bogart, a ubiquitous television director but an undistinguished feature filmmaker.) Fierstein's performance is fine, but likely a shadow of his live work, while Anne Bancroft is very strong in the role of his character's mother. Matthew Broderick went against the tide of fear shared by most Hollywood actors at the time about playing gay characters. The times have certainly changed since then. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Anne Bancroft - Matthew Broderick - Harvey Fierstein Director(s): Paul Bogart DVD Release Date: Released the 04 May 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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