Caught Looking (1991)

Caught Looking (1991)

Director: Constantine Giannaris 
Writer: Paul Hallam
Genre: Short movie 
Country: UK 
Language: English 
Year: 1991 
Duration: 35 min




Stars: Louis Selwyn, Bette Bourne and Derek Van Weenen

Da li ste pomalo voajeri?
Ljeti volim da odem na neku udaljenu nudističku plažu. Posebno početkom ljeta kada nema mnogo ljudi. Jedne godine odem na Plave horizonte , blizu Tivta. Još je sve bilo zatvoreno,sezona nije počela, a hotel koji je sada srušen je bio zatvoren. Odem na stijene lijevo od glavne plaže i prošetam se do samog kraja uskog puta koji se jedva probija kroz makiju i stignem u prelijepu uvalu. Nikoga nije bilo tamo i ja oduševljen prostrem peškir, ukljucim muziku na mobilnom telefonu i uživam. Nakon jedno sat vremena dođoše neka dva čovjeka, srednjih godina. Očito im nije bilo milo što sam zauzeo najljepše mjesto, ali morali su se snaći.
Posmatrao sam ih. Nisu htjeli da se ponašaju pederski kao u nekom gay klubu, već su glumili str8 prijatelje koji eto vole da se kupaju goli. Neopisivo sam uživo posmatrajući ih kako se gledaju, napaljuju bez i jedne izgovorene riječi ili suvišnog pokreta pričajući o nekim ljudima i politici. Goreći od želje da nešto urade, da se dodirnu ili naprosto zgrabe jedan drugoga.
Ali tu sam ja, posmatram. Ne namjeravam nikuda da idem. Prolazi dan, i sunce polako zalazi. Mi još tu. Ja se u jednom momentu okrenem i oni viđeše da sam napaljen. Pogledam ih tako da vide da mi nije mrsko što su tu. Ne treba ni reći da su se promjenili u potpunosti, ponašanje, glasnost, pokazivanje napaljenosti, želja... Postalo je javno i nesputano.
Voajerizam je dio ljudske prirode. Posmatramo  i zadovoljavamo znatiželju, a ponekad i sopstvene seksualne potrebe.

Ovaj kratki britanski film priča upravoo tome. Kako i na koji način šta gledamo. Uhvaćeni pogled, zarobljen u trenutku nepažnje nije uvjek slučajan. Desi se i kada želimo da bude primjećen.

A man sits at his computer and logs onto the interactive game "Caught Looking." He watches as he guides his virtual self through passages, in black and white. He considers but passes on opportunities with rough trade, a teen boy, a threesome, sex in a public toilet, and the kitsch of retro 50's muscle mystic in the Grotto of Tiberius. He sends his virtual self back to a pair of sailors, whom he films in 8mm. Then he meets a young man, a Tunisian named Karim. The man at the computer screen is interested. His ironic and self-mocking commentary ends; his tone changes. What will happen with Karim? Has our virtual voyeur been caught looking?

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Tarik El Hob (2001) aka The Road To Love

Tarik El Hob (2001)
Director: Rémi LangeScenario: Rémi Lange, Antoine ParlebasGenre: DramaCountry: FranceYear: 2001Duration: 70 min
Rating: 7.3/10


Actors: Karim Tarek, Sihem Benamoune, Abdellah Taia, Mustapha Khaddar, Farid Tali, Mehdi Jouhar, Roschdy El Glaoui, Riyad Echahi, Zakariya Gouram

Description:
Koliko ste upoznati sa homoseksualizmom u arapskim zemljama? Da li je arapska kultura tolerantna prema homoseksualcima ?
U nekoliko arapskih zemalja u kojima sam boravio sam primjetio da se muškarci drže za ruku dok hodaju ulicama. Bilo mi je čudno kako tako javno pokazuju privrženost. Privrženost da, ali na njihov način. Kada se dva druga drže za ruku , ne znači da su i pederi. Oni su naprosto prijatelji.
Inače arapi za sebe vole da kažu da su macho jebači. Kod njih nije sramota ako imaš sex sa muškarcem, al pod uslovom da si ti taj koji jebe. Ako dopustiš da budeš pojeban to je već sramota.

Iz ovog polu dokumentarnog filma možete otkriti ponešto o pederizmu u arapskom svjetu.
Karim, student sociologije živi u prijestonici arapa - u Parizu sa djevojkom Sihem.
Nakon jedne emisije o pederima u Egiptu, Karim odluči da snimi istraživački dokumentarac o pederizmu medju arapima.

I tako ide od jednog do drugog pedera, intervjuiše ih, bilježi njihove nesuvisle pederske priče, snima sve o njihom načinu života.

Sve dok ne upozna stjuarta Ferida, kada počinje da mjenja mišljenje o ljubavi medju muškarcima.
Sa njim odlazi u Maroko, gdje nastavlja sa snimanjima. Zapanjujuća je priča o pederima medju arapima. Jedan šeik je po nekim pričama imao harem muškaraca. (Nadam se da ih nije kastrirao!)
Trebam li vam reći da je Karim na kraju dobio prsten od Ferida?
Poučan film , koji će vam razbitii predrasude o arapima! ( ukoliko ih imate!)

The story of an Arab student in Paris who discovers his homosexuality while working on a video project for his sociology class, Rémi Lange's ''Road to Love'' doesn't add much to the coming-out genre, as it has been established in countless Sundance competition films and made-for-television movies.
The student, Karim (Karim Tarek), is living in a seventh-floor walk-up with his doting girlfriend, Sihem (Sihem Benamoune), when he decides to make a documentary about homosexuality in the Arab world for his class at the Sorbonne. (Term papers, it seems, are a thing of the past.)
He tries to track down some gay Muslim men to interview, first by hanging around in front of a gay tea shop, then by placing an advertisement in a newspaper. All of Karim's respondents make advances toward him, provoked by his willowy frame and large, expressive eyes, which Sihem likens to the great, yearning orbs of Vermeer's ''Girl With a Pearl Earring.''

Karim is disturbed at first, but before long he begins to feel flattered by all the attention. He strikes up a friendship with Farid (Riyad Echahi), a serious young flight attendant who puts him in touch with gay Muslims in Paris and elsewhere, all the while incubating his own crush on Karim. As Karim spends more and more time with Farid, Sihem starts getting anxious, as well she might.

It's clear where ''The Road to Love'' is headed after its first few minutes, and the feature, crudely shot with what seems to be an amateur video camera, has few stylistic compensations. But some interesting reporting enters on the edges of the familiar story line, as Karim uncovers the complicated and often contradictory attitudes toward homosexuality in Islam.

Homosexual relationships, he finds, are tolerated in many Muslim cultures as an outlet for pent-up desires that must otherwise wait until marriage. There was even one relatively modern culture, centered in the Siwa oasis in Egypt, where marriage ceremonies between men were performed, though those marriages dissolved when the time for grown-up, reproductive coupling arrived. Only passive homosexuality, Farid explains to Karim, is considered truly shameful. Sex, in other words, is power, in which a sense of domination counts for everything -- not, alas, a notion exclusive to the Arab world.
But as much as you would like to linger beneath the shady palms of Siwa, the film eventually returns to its well-worn dramatics. ''Maybe,'' Karim says of his documentary project, ''I chose it unconsciously to reveal my preference for men.''
Under the circumstances, -- Karim is flying off to Marrakesh with Farid for a romantic weekend -- that does look like a distinct possibility.

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Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991)

Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991)

Imali i jednog pedera koji nije čuo za Tom of Finland? Njegove slike se danas mogu naći u gotovo svakom gay časopisu, gay publikaciji, na internetu...
U čemu je tajna njegove slave. Gledajući ovaj film shvatićete.
O čemu maštate dok drkate? Imate li kakvih seksualnih maštarija o kojim nebi razgovarali sa svojim dečkom, partnerom ili društvom?
Naravno da imate! Tom of Finland ( Touko Laaksonen ) nam u svojim slikama predočava upravo to! Predimenzionirane želje, prljavu maštu, pornografsku napaljenost, perverzije....
Jeste li kada naleteli na nekog drvosiječu u šumi koji vas je pogledao onako opasno, sa željom da vas posjeduje? Onako znojav vas je zgrabio svojim ogromnim ručardama, strgnuo odjeću sa vas i natjerao da mu popušite ogromnu kurčinu i na kraju vas je silovao dok ste vrištali i zvali u pomoć!
Znam da su mnogi od vas to doživjeli - naravno u mašti. A ako ne onda ste se našli u ulozi zatvorskog čuvara koji je izjebao nekog zgodnog zatvorenika. U najblažem slučaju ste imali ludački sex sa kapetanom u vojsci.
Da ne nabrajam dalje, gay mašta nema granica. Otuda na hiljade slika ovog umjetnika pale maštu miliona ljudi.
Sam Tom of Finland za svoj rad kaže: Smatram da su moj rad pornografija. Pornografija znači stimulisanje ljudskih seksualnih osjećaja i toga sam uvjek bio svjestan. Moji motivi su manje od umjetnosti.
Njegove slike možete pogledati OVDIJE

Director: Ilppo Pohjola
Writer: Ilppo Pohjola (writer)
Release Date:
8 October 1991 (Finland)
Genre: Documentary

Plot Keywords:
Homosexual | Gay Interest | Artist | Leather

Cast
(Credited cast)
Tom of Finland ... Himself

Additional Details
Also Known As:
Daddy and the Muscle Academy: A Documentary on the Art, Life, and Times of Tom of Finland (Finland) (complete title)

Runtime: Finland:58 min | USA:55 min | Canada:55 min
Country: Finland
Language: English | Finnish

The film gives voice to the life and creative impulse of the gay erotic artist known across the gay world as 'Tom of Finland'. Essentially an interview documentary with some very brief 'enactments' inspired by Tom's artwork, this is a long way from fetish pornography but is thought-provoking nonetheless.

Tom describes his early life in the Finnish army, in mundane jobs and, matter-of-factly, how he became inspired to put onto paper his exagerrated masculine fantasies of men in leather, uniforms and workwear.

Most of the interview is shot in the stillness of Tom's apartment/studio, with the film broken into segments centering on themes of his work: depiction of black men and women, technique, use of models and leather as his muse: "I put on a special outfit", he explains, "if I need to be inspired".

The subject is fascinating and likeable, even if the film-making is a little dry in tone. When it comes to the extremely short 'enactment' sessions, featuring shadowy, muscular figures in leather and SM play, there is none of the boldness and exuberance that the drawings, in comparison convey, even as static images.

Putting its arthouse stylistic shortcomings aside, the film is a precious document of this influential artist who died a few years after it was made. The brief commentaries from friend and critics point out just how deeply Tom's fantasies have become the primers for the post-war emergent gay subcultures of Leather/SM, with all their knock-on influence on wider cultural consciousness. While outsiders may not relate to Tom's proclivities, they will be moved by his integrity and skill in realising his fantasies.

Alongside Tove Jansson, the creator of the the Moomin characters, Tom of Finland is the most internationally renowned Finnish graphic artist, but in Finland remained mostly unknown outside the gay subculture during his life.

The exhibitions organised after his death gave him wider audience. Because his art dealt with erotic and even pronographic subject material, Tom did not receive recognition for his work from the Finnish society during his career. As an artist, it is fair to say that Tom of Finland’s work was labelled pronographic much in the same way as Andy Warhol’s work was labelled commercial.

Tom himself was very plain about his work. "Yes, I consider my work pornography. Pornography means to stimulate peoples' sexual feelings, and I'm always very aware of that. My motive is lower than art."

Still Tom’s influence to the gay subculture and eventually to the mainstream culture through the popular adoption of SM and fetish imagery, should not be underestimated.
Even more important than that, Tom’s life’s work offered a new strong gay identity and a positive role model for growing gay men - his characters were not effeminate gigglers or sad weaklins but muscular, butch and full of humour and happiness.

Tom of Finland's real name was Touko Laaksonen. He was born on 8 May 1920, on the south coast of Finland. Tom died in November 7th, 1991.

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The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV)

The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV)

Director: Nigel Finch
Scenario: David Leavitt, Sean Mathias
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Year: 1991
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.5/10

Actors: Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker, Rene Auberjonois, John Schlesinger, Cathy Tyson, Richard Warwick, Nicholas Le Prevost, Ben Daniels, Frank Middlemass, Nigel Whitmey, Edmund Kente, Paul Cottingham, Tom Harden

Description:

The Lost Language of Cranes je Britanski film urađen pod pokroviteljstvom BBC-ja. To je adaptacija novele The Lost Language of Cranes koju je napisao David Leavitt. Radnja novele je smještena u New Yorku , ali u ovom filmu se priča odvija u Londonu. Ništa neobično za BBC.
Film nam na jedan totalno britanski način prikazuje dvije generacije Engleza homoseksualaca. Jednu koja je svoju seksualnu orijentaciju prikrivala od očiju javnosti i u svemu se pridržavala konzervativnih moralnih načela britanskog društva i drugu emancipovanu generaciju današnjice koja pokušava skinuti masku i pokazati sebe onakvu kakva jeste.

Philip je momak koji traži način da saopšti roditeljima da je gay u čemu ga podržava njegov dečko kojeg skriva od očiju javnosti.
Kada je stekao dovoljno samopouzdanja objelodanio je svoju homoseksualnost i ne sluteći da je njegov otac takođe gay.
Coming out priča, prepuna pitanja i dilema, emocionalno vrlo jaka, a opet umotana u hladni britanski plašt.
Ovaj film je zbog svojih slobodnih scena bio cenzurisan za prikazivanje na TV u Americi, ali je u svom DVD izdanju objavljen u punoj verziji koju možete skinuti sa linka koji sam postavio.
Da bi vam bilo olakšano praćenje ovog film možete koristiti i engleski titl. Mnogima će trebati jer mnoge rečenice su kao iz doba Šekspira.

Cast

Brian Cox ... Owen Benjamin
Eileen Atkins ... Rose Benjamin
Angus Macfadyen ... Philip
Corey Parker ... Elliot Abrahams
Rene Auberjonois ... Geoffrey Lane
John Schlesinger ... Derek
Cathy Tyson ... Jerene Parks
Richard Warwick ... Frank
Nicholas Le Prevost ... Nick
Ben Daniels ... Robin
Frank Middlemass ... Alex
Nigel Whitmey ... Winston
Edmund Kente ... Bob
Paul Cottingham ... Porno Boy 1
Tom Harden ... Porno Boy 2


The Lost Language of Cranes is a 1991 British TV movie. It is an adaptation of the novel The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt.
The novel is set in New York with American characters, but the film (made by the BBC in 1991) takes place in London. Though most of the characters in the film are British, the story is essentially that of the novel.
The movie release of "The Lost Language of Cranes" was censored in the US for both its PBS airing and its VHS release. PBS was coming under fire by conservative groups in the early 1990's for presenting programming showing homosexuality and nudity. The following excerpt was originally published in Current, April 13, 1992: "To ease concerns among wary affiliates, however, PBS is offering two versions of Portrait [of a Marriage], according to a March 17 DACS message to stations. Great Performance's Cranes already has been edited for the American audience, losing frontal nudity."

In The Lost Language of Cranes, Philip Benjamin (Angus McFayden) came out to his parents, only to eventually learn that his father, Owen (the unbiqutous Brian Cox), was hiding in the closet, as well. At the film's end, Owen had finally come out to his wife and son, moving out of the apartment he shared with his wife for many years. Even though the David Leavitt book that inspired the movie ended there, I've always wondered where Owen and Philip's journey went next -- how a man who comes out late in life like Owen adjust to such a change? How does a young gay man handle being more mature than his father when it comes to love and relationships?

The DVD has been mastered from the British original with all the full frontal male nudity intact.