Saturday, March 31, 2012
FABULOUS
Today's Favorite 50 Gay Films was Number 15
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
I saw this when it came out and it was great to see it again.
Terrence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce are three drag queens busing to Alice Springs from Sydney to put on a show and have to cross the desert to do so. In a bus. The above named Priscilla.
I am not particularly warm about drag queens but all such prejudice vanishes in this great "musical", all pre-recorded for lip synching but powerful nonetheless.
Of course, the girls encounter a lot of roughnecks, it being Australia, but, on the other side of it they also meet the heart of gold variety of people.
It is a road movie and as in all good road movies, each person finds something for him/herself at the end of the road - and along the way.
There is nothing but good to say about this film. A five five five. And it has nothing and everything to do with drag.
