Monday, June 25, 2012
HISTORY TODAY
Today's gay film was
A gay writer and artist meets an old man who turns out to have been a part of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Thurston and other luminaries.
This, at a time, when he is trying to find his own identity within the black and intellectual cultures.
Through an effective use of flashbacks, the two periods are compared and examined. Parallels are drawn. A lot happens.Some threads get lost. An affair with a white friend, presumably straight before they come together gets lost. But it is great to see develop.
This is a first film with a lot of a first film's ardor. It is chock full of ideas and theories. Sometimes, some threads get lost.
It would be nice to see a remake with a bit more experience at scene and story building.
The quality of the film making itself is first rate. The period stuff is really fun to watch. It was a fascinating time.
I will give this a 3 out of Netflix 5.
