Cinema Pride collection
Cinema Pride collection
#1Cinema Pride collection
Posted: 6/2/10 at 2:01pm
This a cool amazon exclusive. A very affordable way to build a library with some excellent gay themed titles.
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#2Cinema Pride collection
Posted: 6/2/10 at 2:03pmWow TEN (mostly decent, a couple excellent) films for $45!?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#2Cinema Pride collection
Posted: 6/2/10 at 2:07pmThe Object of My Affection? Eesh. I cringe every time I think about poor pathetic Rachel Green in that.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 2:32pm
There are a few foreign gay films that I would put on that list. Or at least one to replace The Birdcage. "The Boys in the Band" should be on that list.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 3:33pm
yea, there definitely are some misses on the list, but overall it's a pretty decent set. And a super bargain if you're looking to start/augment a gay cinema section of your presonal library.
I would like to have seen Longtime Companion on there and maybe Beautiful Thing.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 3:45pm
I keep a running list of my favorites. Some that I would include (It would have to be abot 2 or 3 box sets!) are:
Coming Out
The Boys in the Band (Mentioned above)
You'll Get Over It
Strangers in Good Company
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Don't tell Anyone
Lilies
Second Skin
Love of Siam
Come Undone
Nico & Dani
Dirty Laundry
Shortbus
Adam & Steve
Gay Sex in the 70's
Defying Gravity
Saved!
Brother to Brother
His Secret Life
All About Eve!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 3:45pm
Eh, The Boys in the Band is so regressive now. I find it barely watchable. Beautiful Thing would have been a good inclusion, I agree. I don't see the need to have both La Cage and The Birdcage.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 3:50pmMatter of opinion I guess. I am sure I am older than you phyllis so I can identify a lot with "The Boys in the Band". I have seen it about 5 times and own it. Among my friends it is considered a classic.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:09pm
Children's hour is regressive as well, but as true to the time as Boys...I agree that it should be included. I also agree that including both La Cage and The Birdcage is ridiculous.
Longtime Companion would be my pick to replace it.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#9Cinema Pride collection
Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:13pmI thought that about The Children's Hour, too, but I let it slide because I thought it was good that there seemed to at least be a balance of male and female-centered movies. It could be worse though - at least The Next Best Thing wasn't included!
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:19pm
doodle, outside of being a very good movie in my opinion, that's why I would include it because it is true to the times. (It also has great special features) I listed "Strangers in Good Company" one, because it is my all time favorite movie and because of the lesbian in the movie. It too is true to the times especially for the character. It is only a short scene in the movie but it is quite moving.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:23pm
Another favorite of mine, and I admit it's hardly a classic, is The Broken Hearts Club.
And it would have been cool if Gregg Araki had been represented.
Maybe Mysterious Skin.
Porbably too nihilistic for a decidedly mainstream set though.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:33pmLoved Mysterious Skin. Another movie that came to mind was "Latter Days".
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:37pmIf they were afraid of putting in "Boys in the Band", they could've added "Some of My Best Friends Are" which is BitB lite.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:39pmI definitely would have put Beautiful Thing and Longtime Companion in that set. And perhaps Maurice or Jeffrey.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:39pmIt seems they didnt include any of the gay films dealing with the AIDS crisis...I would assume by design...not to blur gay pride and the aids crisis...not sure I agree.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 4:59pmYou know Phyllis- Rachel Green is horrid in Object, but so many of my straight female friends have reacted exactly that way when their gay male friends have found love that it's really rather brilliant- if relentlessly squirm inducing. And there are two scenes that (IMO) make the whole film worth watching- when Nigel Hawthorne talks about what it's like when the object of one's affection doesn't return your crush with the same ardor and the end when the little girl talks about how she had more people there cheering for her than anyone else and clicks off all the members of her "Family" that came to her recital.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 5:29pmMaurice and Jeffrey are excellent calls Matt.
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Posted: 6/2/10 at 6:55pmYes,Maurice and Beautiful Thing should be on the list and for our sisters in homosexuality how about "The Killing of Sister George".
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