Tuesday, April 17, 2012
INSIDE OUT
Today's gay film was the Danish
A NYTimes Critics' Pick.
A young military officer quits the service as he is accused of making advances to a couple of his soldiers.
In anger and rebellion, he connects with a right wing, Nazi oriented bunch of guys who mug gay men and attack muslim immigrants.
What was he thinking?
In the "brotherhood" he encounters a guy who is in the same boat.
This is the closet strategy of becoming a violent homophobe to hide your own desires. Look it up. It is pretty much the same idea that for every hater there is a smaller hatee inside.
The two men are attracted to one another, fall into lust with each other and then love.
Complications ensue.
This is a violent film with a strong message. It is, at times, hard to watch. The performances are strong and its kind of documentary quality of "you are there" keeps one at the edge of the seat. We know that their denial is paper thin and that doom is is just around the corner.
And it is a film to be seen.
I would put it in the category of a 4 out of Netflix5.
