Friday, July 17, 2015
Salary Man
Gay life stays the same across boundaries of language and culture. This is the second film by "Scud" from our DVD collection.
Probably because so much is new that the current is adopted quickly and becomes traditional.
While today's film is made in Hong Kong and is about Chinese men, a gay theme to a pretty standard story.
It is a straight forward romance with men working through the difficulties of new love. There are many beautiful scenes of the two out in nature and finding a full life together.
The review is kind of nasty and homophobic but it is the only one I could find. Maybe I should have just let it stand that I like this film about a business man who falls in love with an author/artist. It tells their story with some very nice settings, photography and while there is some melodrama it is really a traditional romance where the odds are really not all that serious to overcome.
One is best advised to sit back and watch, take it in, and be happy that this kind of film is no longer just the province of the straights.
