Before BROKEBACK, there was MAKING LOVE (Coming to DVD at last!!!)- Page 3
Before BROKEBACK, there was MAKING LOVE (Coming to DVD at last!!!)
#50remember the LIFETIME movie with Jean Smart?
Posted: 2/12/06 at 10:06pmhow is the picture/sound quality? i have this on vhs (archived to DVD).
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#51remember the LIFETIME movie with Jean Smart?
Posted: 2/12/06 at 11:07pm
"this is a film that has grown in stature since its original release"
What ever you say, SSquared.
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#52remember the LIFETIME movie with Jean Smart?
Posted: 2/13/06 at 10:15am
I remember crying my eyes out at the end of this movie, when I saw it in the theatre. I had no idea why it was affecting me so, back then. Little did I know. It was my senior year in high school, and I was far from "out."
Most of you have NO idea what it was like, even in the '80s, for main stream, gay-themed films or TV shows.
THERE WEREN'T ANY.
This film was a rarity in its day, and I still have very fond (and confusing) memories of it.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#53Making Love is out on DVD and better than ever!
Posted: 2/13/06 at 7:57pm
It was wonderful to see the film for the first time in widescreen and since I have a bigscreen TV and never saw it in a movie theater, it was the closest thing I'll ever get to having that movie theater experience. The picture quality is excellent; the stereo sound has that kind of tinny 70s/early 80s quality, but I suppose that's to be expected. It's definitely worth it to buy the DVD over the VHS, especially if you want it letterboxed.
THIS PARAGRAPH IS A BIT OF A SPOILER:
One really beautiful thing about the movie is the way it shows how a gay man and a woman can truly love each other even if, for the man, it cannot be a fully realized romantic/sexual love. The film gains in power because of its bittersweet quality. Though Zack finds love with a man and Claire is able to move on to a new relationship, for each of them there is a true sense of the loss of something precious. Knowing how much they love each other yet can never be together again because it would be too weird, too painful--this is the tragedy amidst the positive aspects of Zack's self-discovery and decision to live his life honestly.
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And dear dear Namo, I was not expressing a personal opinion, but an observation gleaned from the many recent comments at imdb.com by imdb users who see it as a groundbreaking film ahead of its time and underrated at the time of its release.
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