Wednesday, May 02, 2012
IDENTITY
Today's gay film was
Filmed in Palm Springs and near abouts. You can't tell. The desert is the desert.
This is a pretty good film with a complicated plot.
A marine between basic and combat training takes time off and meets a guy who is like a goth type although I don't think that there are any of those anymore.
Both are seriously conflicted about their lives and where they are going.
This chance meeting gives both of them a shot at reconsideration of motive and action.
The scenes between the two men are riveting. The others, girl and boyfriends, parents and the like, not so much.
I wanted to FF a couple of times but did not.
The leads are good with each other and there are some different takes on situational homosexuality which we never see anywhere. It exists and it is not a bad thing either. It is in alignment with the old idea of going to bed with a straight man to get his PC thing in line. I hear that Marines are up for it more than the average. Nate is a marine here at 29 Palms. He is up for it.
Be straight but be cool and thanks for the memory.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
