Wednesday, January 11, 2012
CHAOS/OASIS
Today's gay favorite film was
Also a NYTimes Critics' Pick.
This is a kind of Romeo and Juliet film only gay. And the warring families are the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Two men, improbably fall in love. All love incidentally is improbable. If it is not surprising to the nth degree, it is not love.
One is a Palestinian, the other Israeli.
They and their friends from a nice bubble of society and relationships and try to block out the ever present harsh reality of war and war time.
Sides.
There is an element of an anti-war film from the 70s here. Neo-hippies.
Innocent and in some denial.
It is not an easy film to watch. We want the young men to succeed, to endure despite the odds.
Heartbreaking and beautiful, I smoothed over the rough spots. A courageous film. The writer and director is an Israeli.
I would not really want to see it again. It is too hard.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
