Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Optometry
Today's film has gotten a big play on the Festival circuit.
So I figured I would see for myself, an eye witness, eyeball the film and eye-dentify what is going on.
It is a reunion picture. Two ex-lovers meet in Joshua Tree National Park, in an isolated cabin, after 15 years with a lot of life in between.
There is a lot of talk. And when they are done talking about the past they talk about the near present and then they talk about the past again.
They are good looking, healthy gay males of the latest, I believe jaded, generation.
No gay lib wounds or other interesting side effects.
I found the whole enterprise boring and would not want to spend another minute with them.
They do deserve each other.
One is in a long time relationship but obviously the husband, they are married, is not there.
OK. It is filmed in Joshua Tree National Forest, quite nearby. We have been to a lot of the locations that are used. There is a lot of amusement in that. But not enough.
I bought the film sight unseen. And I figure that for me it will remain that way from here on out.
Did I say that I hope they stay together because they deserve one another?
In all fairness, I should mention that the last 20 minutes of the DVD were screwed up. They deserve a re-hearing with the new disc I am getting.
