Sunday, July 22, 2012
GENDER BENDER
Today's gay film was David Cronenberg's adaptation of the broadway play
A French diplomat falls in love with a Chinese opera star who is actually a man. And a man who is doing spy work.
Improbable but not if you see the film which takes the notion of gender and the dominance and plays with them back and forth. Who is fooling who?
The relationship occurs over a long period. The cultural revolution, Viet Nam and on and on.
This is a film of high art and is not only enjoyable to watch but also presents a pleasing puzzle to solve. Several, in fact.
Who loves who, for example.
Some have worried that it is an umovieable film and belongs as a play. Not so from my experience.
I liked it a lot and would be willing to see it again. That makes it a 4 out of Netflix5.
