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I haven't seen Deathtrap mentioned yet and I had completely forgotten about the underlaying theme for the whole film. Probably why it wasn't very well received during the 80's. I mean c'mon now it just wasn't done! A successful older gentleman doesn't begin having an affair with a younger man and then they conspire and physically kill the older mans wife. Nope. To edgy. I mentioned this flick in the movie tab the other day when talking about Sleuth, I'm not so sure that I don't think this is better than Sleuth.




Plus I need to mention that at one point in the film Superman kisses Alfie so if that's not enough to get you to go check it out I don't know what is.

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I'm pretty sure all these have already been mentioned but thought I'd add a list of my favourites anyway...

Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Bad Education
Bent
Brokeback Mountain
Bound
Boys Don't Cry
The Crying Game
Dog Day Afternoon
Latter Days
The Leather Boys
Maurice
Ma Vie En Rose
My Beautiful Laundrette
Show Me Love (****ing Amal)
Victim



Yeah, The Crying Game, Maurice and Victim would have made up the rest of my top 5 of gay British films, along with The Leather Boys. I'd forgotten about Bent. I wouldn't have categorised If... as a gay film particularly, but then whether or not to categorise something as a gay film seems to be the whole debate at the moment (which is very interesting, at least to me, although I can see why The Prestige might be fed up of it hijacking his top 100 thread, perhaps it deserves its own thread...). For the record, I thought Beautiful Thing was mediocre and I haven't seen the others on your list but will add them to my to-be-seen list...
I think this would be a more appropriate thread to reply to this. Apropos Beautiful thing, I'm very much emotionally tied to that film which is why I have a hard time looking at it objectively. I was 17 when I saw it and I hadn't really, come out to myself so to speak. This was the first positive portrayal of a gay relationship I'd seen (and between people my age) which was terribly important for my subsequent self acceptance and growth. I have seen it again no long ago and agree that it's not a particularly artistically accomplished film, but it still has loads of working class spirit (also something I'm particularly partial to, especially British working class, hence my adoration of Mike Leigh) and good humor. So I'd still recommend it...




Bad Education
Bound
Boys Don't Cry
The Crying Game
Dog Day Afternoon
Show Me Love (****ing Amal)
Good list, left in the ones i've seen. Except for for Boys Don't Cry and The Crying Game would rate them
minimum. Would add Mysterious Skin, All About My Mother, Gods and Monsters, Naked Lunch, Crash, Chasing Amy, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Cruel Intentions, The Dreamers, The Hunger, Midnight Cowboy, Showgirls, Wild Things and Happiness from those i remember.
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Not the greatest, but I really enjoyed this one. The book Disco Bloodbath by James St. James is a pretty good read too.
Party Monster is a guilty pleasure of mine. Seth Green makes me cringe the whole way through, but there is something fun about it.

I haven't seen this movie mentioned



I highly recommend it. It's a very sweet movie.



The films of Bruce LaBruce, bar maybe Skin flick (no skin of my ass, super 8 and a 1/2 and Raspberry Reich being the best)... Why? Because it shows the "alternative" gay scene. In fact, every thing about his films rip the piss out of the fabrics of hairdresser/hetro friendly gay. Hated by most people and overtly influenced by Warhol. I get and I love them!! Plus they're so incredibly offensive, horny and funny... I mean his last film (Otto; or up with the dead)was about an anti-social gay porno zombie, ... "I feel dead inside".... its a metaphor (duh!)



Otto..... *yum yum*




Not the greatest, but I really enjoyed this one. The book Disco Bloodbath by James St. James is a pretty good read too.

Surprised i've never heard of that, cast makes it look worth a watch alone. Have to keep my eye out for it.



The best thing about party monster (other than Seth Green) is it’s seriously amazing soundtrack.... It always gets numerous mentions at my parties. 80s/trash/electro galore


Track Listings

1. Mannequin - Take Me To The Club
2. Ladytron - Seventeen
3. Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Frank Sinatra
4. Felix Da House Cat vs Pop Tarts - Money, Success, Fame, Glamour
5. Waldorf - You're My Disco
6. Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts
7. Tomcraft - Overdose Lady Radio Mix)
8. Happy Thought Hall - Get Happy
9. Vitalic - Le Rock 01
10. Tones On Tail - Go! (Single Edit)
11. Nina Hagen - New York, New York
12. Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (Edit)
13. W.I.T. - Inside Out
14. Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me
15. Shannon - Give Me Tonight
16. ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
17. Keoki - Crash (Original Mix)
18. Marilyn Manson - The La La Song
19. Headrillaz Feat. Ricky Barrow - Good Is Bad
20. Cochino - Word Up



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I don't think anyone mentioned this one:

4.6 Billion Years of Love




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SC mentioned it a page ago, but I'd also like to throw in a tepid recommendation for But I'm a Cheerleader. I had no idea that flick had such a bad rap, because it's really not all that awful. I guess John Q. Critic isn't familiar with the idea of "satire". But I'm a Cheerleader isn't gonna blow your mind or anything, but it is pretty funny and Natasha Lyonne's really good, too.




Standing in the Sunlight, Laughing
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - brilliant and fun movie that has some really charming and moving moments. And some really funny stuff, too.

Kissing Julia Stein - warm and insightful little film about exploration. Very enjoyable.
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Les chansons d'amour - Christophe Honoré (2007)

Charming french musical about a rather tragic threesome with Louis Garrel (from Bertolucci's The dreamers) and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (from Techiné's Les Égarés) as a cutish twink. It's only substantial fault is that none of the actors can actually sing, which is too bad because the music isn't half bad, quite a feat for musicals nowadays. Takes a while to get into it but in the end it's verreh nice...




I've also been completely hooked on Brideshead revisited with Jeremy Irons. Not so much overt lgbtq-ness but it's quite difficult not to pick up on it in the subtext. It's also absolutely brimming with melancholy (my Achilles' heel) and really, who doesn't find the leisurely lifestyle of the English aristocracy captivating? I hear the sexuality of the main characters is handled much more straightforwardly in the film version? The reviews have been quite unfavorable towards it so I'm not sure if I'm going to pick it up.

Anyway, I love Irons as the young(ish) dandy...



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What are your favorite lgbtq (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) films?

Sorry, I don't speak acronym.



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Thanks for the input.
I already put my input on a similar thread, one I didn't have to decipher.



If you're referring to the thread about "unconventional relationships", it's hardly the same thing. This thread was primarily designed for people who know what the acronym stands for, but I have added an explanation to anyone who has never been in contact with it. The fact that you quoted the opening post where the acronym is explained makes me think you weren't confused in the least bit with regards to its meaning, just like anyone else who opens the thread and reads the opening post. Which means you were trying to be an ******* for the sake of it.



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i can't really think of any gay characters that blew me away...maybe because i tend not to focus on characters but rather the overall feel of the film...
LGBTI
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex

LGBTIQQ
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, and Questioning

LGBTPM
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Medicine

LGBTRAN
Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network

LGBTTTIQ
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Transsexual, Two-Spirited, Intersexed, Queer

I wasn't the only who ask what you were talking about.



The title of this thread was a bit confusing... however it was explained early on and, in the end, this turned out to be an interesting thread... but now I think it's time for the latest conversation in this thread to be dropped...
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