Monday, July 09, 2012
OLD MOVIES
Today's gay film was
with Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. Adapted land directed by Bill Condon based on the Christopher Bram novel about the last days of the film director James Whale, one of the few open homosexual directors in Hollywood. It eventually cost him his career but not before he produced the Fankenstein pictures and many others. Showboat and The Invisible Man.
Wow. What a windup.
This is another story based on a gay/straight relationship. Very nice. Extremely well done. Got lots of Oscar noms and prizes.
The rapport between McKellen and Fraser is intense.
I had forgotten how good this film is and how affecting it becomes as it moves toward its inevitable conclusion.
It is still a strong 5 out of Netflix5.
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