Thursday, March 22, 2012
FANSTASIA
Today's gay film was the relic
Made in a Manhattan apartment with one star and two or three others for support on Super 8 film, this surreal rendering of classic gay fantasies (matador, tea room habitue, nature boy) somehow, while quite camp, avoids cliché and is quite fascinating to watch.
It is a time capsule. The quality is not great but you can see and hear everything and especially enjoy the hand made sets and props. There are a lot of sequins.
It is quite outrageous in a good way and the "hero" is wonderful to watch. He never breaks stride in representing a classic gay icon.
It is only an hour long and sometimes seems longer but then something happens and time dissolves.
I wouldn't see it again but I am glad that I saw it once. I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
