101 Must see movies for Gay Men
May 12th 2010 04:52
101 Must see movies for Gay Men
by
Alonso Duralde
Advocate Books
RRP: $21.95
‘Must see’ tomes are essentially reliant on the pedigree of the writers’ qualifications so it is of primary interest that Alonso Duralde is the arts and entertainment writer editor of The Advocate an American Gay magazine, and was the artistic director of the USA Film Festival/Dallas for five years. His brief, easy to read comments on one hundred and one films provide quite a few laughs along the way as well as several unexpected film titles such as ‘Jackass: The Movie’ and ‘Scary Movie’, so it is clearly a collection of movies that are of interest to gay men rather than specifically deal with gay issues. Obviously this doesn’t preclude these films from having much broader audience appeal.
The list consists of mostly American films with some exceptions including ‘Happy Together’ by Wong Kar-Wai and ‘Manji’ by Yasuzo Masumura. ‘Manji’ is possibly a film of more interest to Lesbian or Bisexual women, and yet Duralde is clearly enamored by rich ‘camp aesthetics’ so while the books title co-opts the appetite of same-sex-attracted men, it’s a worthy read for anyone with an appreciation of the quality known as ‘camp’; best described as super-sized tastefulness involving self-mockery. An amusing delight for film-buffs.
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