Friday, February 10, 2012
HEART
Today's gay film is one of the earliest and best gay films I have seen. It has been a lifetime favorite of many gay men.Numbere 27 on the fifty best list.
Watchable over a long time and, in a way, prescient. Notice in the film clip about "the cure" showing up in 2002.
starring Steve Buscemi in one of his earliest roles. He claims it is his best performance. Then, all the others who did not gain fame but are critical ingredients to the success of the film with gay men. It reflects the early years of the epidemic and also the early years of the "new" gay consciousness. For us, it was critical to seeing healthy faithful gay relationships flourishing while dealing with problems of day to day living. There is a party scene that shows everyone and everything from that time.
I come back to it often just to see stuff work. It is really quite deep and one viewing will not really take advantage of all that it has to offer.
A 5 5 5 out of Netflix5.
