David Searching (1997)

David Searching (1997)


Director: Leslie L. Smith
Writer: Leslie L. Smith
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Duration: 101 min



Stars: Anthony Rapp, Camryn Manheim, Julie Halston

Movie about a young homosexual man's search to find himself by surviving heartbreak and relationship fears. He explores what it means to live for himself and others. His video camera and his roommate and best friend, a heterosexual female. David searches for love, creativity, and meaning with his video camera, though living life is much harder when not hiding behind the lens.

Anything Once (1997)

Director: Dan Aeberhard
Writer: Dan Aeberhard
Genre: Short movie
Country: USA
Year: 1997

Stars: William Gregory Lee, Michael D. Arenz and Dean Jacobson

Poslije jedne zabave postalo je očigledano da Joey nikada nije imao sex.Njegov najbolji prijatelj Mike odluči da mu pomogne da doživi prvo iskustvo sa ženom.
Joey priča o tome sa Majkom i kako zamišlja sex sa ženom ili sa muškarcem sve jedno.
Mike ga pita jesi li ti gej, a ovaj mu odgovara : hej ja sam čovjek, nije bitan sex.
I tako sve krene, Joey prvo iskustvo sa ženom, a Mike prvo iskustvo sa...

Jednostavna priča, zar ne?
Kakvo je bilo vaše prvo iskustvo sa ženom? Ja samo popio skoro cjelu flašu vina, a ženska mi je u tom momentu izgledala kao neki monstrum. Digao mi se samo zato jer ga je odmah strpala u usta.
Sutradan sam prijatelju rekao da mi se sex uopšte ne sviđa i da ja to nikad više neću da radim. Ljepše mi je jedrenje na moru, sport itd. Sex je stvarno bez veze!
Srećom jedan prijatelj me je brzo razuvjerio! Sex je zaista sjajan, ali sa muškarcem!

Your best friend is straight. You are QV. Needless to say, your friend has never slept with a guy. You haven't done it with a girl. But in an indecent proposal kind of way, what if? That's the premise of Dan Aeberhard's  film "Anything Once," which premiered in July at Outfest '98.

After a party that Mike throws one evening, it becomes apparent that Joey has never slept with a woman, and Mike makes it his mission to try and persuade Joey to try it.

 

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All the Rage (1997

All the Rage (1997)

 

Director: Roland Tec
Writers: Roland Tec (play), Roland Tec (screenplay)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Duration: 105 min
Year: 1997

 

Stars: John-Michael Lander, David Vincent and Jay Corcoran

 

 

All the Rage had its world premiere at the Castro Theatre during the San Francisco International Film Festival of 1997 after which it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Jour de Fete, a division of Rialto Pictures. In 2001, Strand Releasing brought the film out on DVD and in 2003, it was released internationally by Media Luna, GHB.

Hailed by Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas as "One of the sharpest, sexiest and most amusing satires of gay life and values ever filmed," it widely considered a hallmark of the Queer Independent Film movement of the late 1990s. This unique aspect of the film was highlighted in one of its first reviews by Dennis Harvey, writing about the film for Variety.

The film features music by a number of indie artists, including Merle Perkins, who recorded the song "Military Man".

 

 

Summary

What happens when a man looking for the perfect body finds that he loves someone for his mind? Christopher (John-Michael Lander) is a gay lawyer who's young, good-looking, successful, and happily out of the closet. However, he's not good with long-term relationships: he tends to be more attracted to men with good looks rather than substance, and he hops from one relationship to another with little thought of a lasting love affair.

One evening, Christopher meets Stewart (David Vincent) at a party, and to his surprise he's very much attracted. Stewart is a book editor who's witty, intelligent, and soft-spoken; he's also a bit overweight and no pin-up boy.

But when Christopher asks him out, he's amazed to discover that Stewart turns him down; it seems that Stewart is looking for someone sincere, and Christopher hardly seems to qualify. In time, though, Christopher convinces Stewart to give him a chance, and they become involved. However, old habits die hard, and Christopher manages to put a stake through the heart of their romance thanks to a one-night-stand with Stewart's hunky roommate. All the Rage was produced, written, directed and scored by Roland Tec, who adapted the script from his play A Better Boy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Says Peter Panthy

What to say about this film: that 12 years is nothing? It premiered in 1997 and yet it seems that nothing has changed so much time ... We have several prototypes of gay men in an age when "supposed" one is more emotional stability to form a couple.

It's beautiful as a man who jumps at hand. The intellectual who takes the time to know the other and fall in love, who realizes he was becoming increasingly isolated and would like to have a couple .. and a couple who already has long board and start to miss the novelty of sex, ... The hero has risen to more gay stereotypes, handsome, athletic and successful, but when it is shaken by love, can not sustain the commitment is stronger for it "temptation of sex without love" but later repents because they realize what is the difference of loving someone, and the only sleep with someone.

An interesting movie to reflect, and as valid today as yesterday.

 

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The Full Monty (1997)

The Full Monty (1997)

Director: Peter Cattaneo
Scenario: Simon Beaufoy
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Year: 1997
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.2/10

Actors: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer, Lesley Sharp, Emily Woof, Deirdre Costello, Paul Butterworth, Dave Hill, Bruce Jones, Andrew Livingston, Vinny Dhillon

Description:

Jeste li kad izveli striptease? Iz zabave vjerovatno jeste, ali recimo u nekoj situaciji za novac? Skidanje pred nepoznatim ljudim je uglavnom neugodan cin, valjda zato jer smo naucili da je sramota prikazivati se go. Moralna norma duboko usadena u nama koje se teško rješavamo.
cesto se igram sa tim osjecajem razotkrivenosti i postidenosti. Jednom sam se upoznao sa jednim gay parom u Beogradu. Znate ono preko interneta, pa ajde da se upoznamo. U prvih pola sata razgovora shvatim da su prepuni glume i da se predstavljaju onako kakvi bi željeli da budu, a ne onako kakvi stvarno jesu. U jednom momentu rekoh, ako želite možemo da pricamo potpuno goli i skinem sve sa sebe. Jedan od njih navali na mene, misleci da to znaci otvoren poziv na seks. Pristojno ga udaljih i rekoh da sam predložio da popricamo goli, a ne da se seksamo.
Zbunili su se na momenat, a onda se i oni skinuše. I ja rekoh , ajmo sada da se zaista i upoznamo. To skupljanje noga, pokreti ruka da sakriju ono šro imaju medu noge, blaga nervoza, promijena glasa, ne mogu da vam opišem. Nakon pola sata golog razgovora su se opustili i prikazali onakvim kakvi zaista jesu. Potpuno su im popustili lanci i stege. Nakon svega sam se obukao i zahvalio na picu. Pitali su me da ostanem, da se malo "poigramo" u krevetu, al sam im rekao da oni nisu ono što mene pali u tom smislu i da se sjete šta su o sebi pricali prije nego smo se skinuli. Nasmijali smo se i nakon toga sam otišao.

Izgleda da ta odjeca pomaže da za sebe sacuvamo mnoge stvari koje cuvamo samo za sebe. Zato je nam je i teško da se skinemo. A kako to rade šest beznadežnih ljudi, koji zaista više nemaju šta da izgube ako izvedu show skidanja u obližnjem klubu pogledajte u ovoj komediji. Zabavna je!

VARIETY.COM
By DEREK ELLEY

Bright and sassy, "The Full Monty" is a treat. Backed by inventive marketing, this small but muscular British pic about a bunch of gawky unemployeds launching a striptease act could turn into a winner for Fox Searchlight in the right locations, and looks set for solid business in other territories. Apart from Robert Carlyle (Begbie in "Trainspotting"), it's a no-name cast, so word of mouth and the off-the-wall concept will play a large role in selling the movie.

The sardonic tone is set from the start as an upbeat promo docu introduces "Sheffield --- City on the Move" underneath the main titles. Twenty-five years later we see the South Yorkshire industrial town's contempo reality, with modernization having led to steel mills being closed and workers laid off.. Among them is easygoing divorcee Gaz (Carlyle) and his bumbling, overweight pal Dave (Mark Addy).

Gaz spends his days larking around town with his young son (William Snape) and Dave, occasionally popping into the local job center that's also frequented by their snooty ex-foreman, Gerald (Tom Wilkinson). All three men's personal lives are a mess: Gaz gets a hard time from his ex-wife (Emily Woof), Dave is underperforming in the sack with his spouse (Lesley Sharp), and Gerald is still fooling his other half (Deirdre Costello) that he goes to the office every day.

Inspired by a visit of the Chippendale dancers to a local club, and in need of some quick cash to pay off his alimony arrears, Gaz has the idea of the three of them doing a strip act to raise some coin. With amateur ballroom dancer Gerald taking charge of the choreography, they're joined by Guy (Hugo Speer), whose largest qualification is between his legs, suicidal Lomper (Steve Huison) and Horse (Paul Barber), a middle-aged dancer with a hopelessly out-of-date repertoire.

After being arrested by the cops during one of their rehearsals, word quickly spreads through town about their forthcoming stunt, and tickets are snapped up by curious women. Though increasingly nervous, the men realize they can't back out but agree to do it for one night only. In the meantime, however, Gaz has unfortunately announced, as a publicity move, that they'll do "the full monty" (a complete strip).

The particular magic of the film is the way in which it draws credible characters in a recognizable setting but elevates them and their story into crowd-pleasing fare without losing sight of the big social picture. Helmer Peter Cattaneo, who had a mini-hit at the 1995 Edinburgh fest with his BBC telepic "Loved Up," brings many of the same qualities to "Monty" --- a nonjudgmental approach to flawed types and a feel for entertainment values and community spirit.

Just as "Loved Up" was very London in its characters, so "Monty" works best in the northern setting, with its rough humor, forthright womenfolk and feet-on-the-ground attitudes. Yorkshire-born scripter Simon Beaufoy's dialogue catches the feel of the place without going ear-bendingly local. Only in occasional spots may North American auds have problems with the accents.

Filmmakers are served by a top-notch cast seemingly chosen for veracity rather than marquee values. Yet again, the chameleon Carlyle surprises in a role far removed from Begbie in "Trainspotting," the MS victim in "Go Now" or the Glasgow bus driver in "Carla's Song." Lean and louche, but with an unbreakable spirit, Carlyle's Gaz is the motor of the movie, and the last few minutes of the film, as he leads the lads in a full monty in front of cheering women, are the stuff of standing ovations.

The other male leads score in different ways, with Addy's porcine Dave playing straight man to the flashier Carlyle, and Wilkinson, as middle-class interloper Gerald, contributing at least one touching scene when he drops his snooty bearing and fesses up to his weaknesses.

Though never really part of the main action, the women are all well-drawn, tough Yorkshire types, led by Sharp as Dave's patient wife. Also good is kid thesp Snape as Gaz's unfazable son: He and Carlyle play especially well together.

Technically, the movie has a modest but pro look, with Anne Dudley's music giving it plenty of bounce and the cutting trim at only an hour and a half. It's one of those rare pics, however, where the bigness and generosity of the characters make the smallness of the budget unimportant.

Mandragora (1997)

Mandragora (1997)

Za ovaj mi je jedan prijatelj rekao da ga obavezno pogledam, sam nedavno našao na netu i doživio totalno razočarenje. Možda ovo filmsko "remek djelo" i nije toliko loše koliko ja nisam bio raspoložen za temuu filma. Radi se prikazu dezorjentisanih tinejdzera koji su upali u Danteov krug droge, prostitucije i u samo dno ljudske zajednice! Izdrogirani tinejdžeri koji upadaju u ruke raznih makroa, sadistički nastrojenih pedofiličara i sličnih maštaju o slavi, novcu i naravno danu kada će izaći iz devetog kruga.

Naravno odatle izlaza nema!

Ono što me je iznerviralo je činjenica da niko na takve stvari ne obraća pažnju, sve dok je u igri veliki novac! Sve je samo velika gluma!

Ko ima želudac za ovu temu preporučujem mu da pogleda ovaj film!



Director: Wiktor Grodecki
Writers: Wiktor Grodecki
David Svec
Release Date: 23 October 1997 (Czech Republic)
Genre: Drama
Plot Keywords: AIDS / Homosexual / Prostitution / Semi Documentary / Youth

Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Miroslav Caslavka ... Marek
David Svec ... David
Pavel Skripal ... Honza
Kostas Zerdolaglu ... Krysa
Miroslav Breu ... Libor
Jirí Kodes ... Father
Karel Polisensky ... Sascha
Richard Toth ... George
Jiri Pachman ... Pan Franta
Pavel Koci ... Rudy
Jitka Smutná ... Krysa's Wife
Runtime: 126 min
Country: Czech Republic
Language: Czech
Color: Color (Kodak)Sound Mix: Dolby SR

A Great Movie From Start to Finish, 4 September 2004, 9/10
Author: Se7en13 from Canada

While as real as it gets The other movie that Director had done was Body without Soul. While not as great as Body without the Soul. Mandragora puts a story and makes it breathtaking from start to finish. The main star Marek runs away and decides to become a prostitute. He gets picked up by a slimy greasy pimp. But later on meets another prostitute, David, both of them start to hustle around and make money to start there own prostitute organization. In the movie you can Tell Marek is attracted to David very much and that he is gay. But things go down hill as Marek starts doing drugs and then finds out he has AIDS, a very powerful story in my opinion.

Most people have said that it's unrealistic and very untrue i find this movie has some great elements while not the best movie ever made and not quite perfect it's a movie about mistakes and paths in life as well as coming of age and the downside of prostitution. The movie ends with one of the saddest I've seen in a while beautifully shot and written if you enjoyed movies like L.I.E. Mandragora is right up there to watch as well.

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Bent (1997)

Bent ( 1997 )


Dugo sam odlagao gledanje ovog filma. Čitao sam o njemu ranije i nisam se htio opterećivati scenama nacističke torture. Dovoljno me terorišu na poslu!
Bent je priča o sudbini homoseksualaca u vrijeme holokausta nacističkih vremena. Jednako uništavani kao i jevreji bili su meta Hitlerovih slijedbenika.
Max je berlinski homoseksualac uhvaćen koji je do odvođenja u logor živio raskalašnim životom, predavajući se seksu , piću, drogi, obilazeći
svako poznato gay mjesto tog vremena.
Nakon što ga uhvate u šumi sa njegovim partnerom Rudyjem odvode ga u nacistički logor Dachau. Na putu do logora užasa strah od sigurne smrti ga prisiljava da negira svako poznanstvo sa Rudyjem kojeg ubijaju, kao i da izvrši seksualni odnos sa lešom mrtve djevočice. Sva sreća te tu scenu nisu prikazali u flmu inače bih momentalno prekinuo gledanje. Film je dovoljno jeziv i bez toga.
Max u logoru nosi židovsku zvjezdu misleći da če bolje proći nego ako nosi pederski crveni znak. Tu sa pederom Horstom provodi dane prenoseći kamenje sa jednog kraja na drugi pa nazad.
U tom tantalovom poslu na jedan specifičan način stvara odnos sa Horstom.
Ovaj film je dokument o tome kuda vodi generalizcija, mržnja, svirepost i diskriminacija. Na žalost ta vremena nisu za nama. Učimo se toleranciji, a Bent neka nas opominje kuda vodi sebičnost i samozadovoljnost!


Director: Sean Mathias
Writers: Martin Sherman (play)
Martin Sherman (screenplay)
Release Date: 26 November 1997 (USA)
Genre: Drama | Romance | War
Plot Keywords: Germany | Gay Holocaust | Train | Gay | Love
Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations


Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)

Clive Owen ... Max
Lothaire Bluteau ... Horst
Ian McKellen ... Uncle Freddie
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ... Wolf (as Nikolaj Waldau)
Mick Jagger ... Greta / George
Brian Webber ... Rudy
Jude Law ... Stormtrooper
Gresby Nash ... Waiter
Suzanne Bertish ... Half-woman, half-man
David Meyer ... Gestapo man
Stefan Marling ... SS Captain
Richard Laing ... SS guard
Crispian Belfrage ... SS guard
Johanna Kirby ... Muttering woman
David Phelan ... Fluff in park

Additional Details
MPAA: Rated NC-17 for a strong scene of graphic sexuality.

Runtime: 105 min
Country: UK | Japan
Language: English

Certification:
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-18 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Brazil:14 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (cut) | Portugal:M/16



BY ROGER EBERT / November 26, 1997

"Bent" tells a heartrending love story, set against the backdrop of the Holocaust. I could describe the film in solemn pieties, but that would be too easy. The more deeply it descends into horror, the more alarming its agenda becomes, until finally I'd had enough: The material is not worthy of its setting.

The story involves a Berlin homosexual named Max (Clive Owen), who is swept up in the Nazi madness, forced to kill his lover, sent to a prison camp, and there finds true love with another man. Max has lied to qualify for a yellow star (signifying he is Jewish) instead of a pink one (homosexual). By the end he is proud to wear the pink star, but his decision is staged as a crowd-pleaser.

"Bent" is a movie very much about entertaining its audience (I have not seen the stage play by Martin Sherman, who wrote the screenplay). It opens with a gay orgy, hosted by the transvestite Greta (Mick Jagger), where bodies are strewn about in sexual congress. Some of the revelers are either Nazis, or wear Nazi uniforms as a form of erotic enhancement.

Max goes home with a handsome young Nazi, and has sex with him, to the dismay of Max's lover, Rudy (Brian Webber). It is the time of the purge of gay Nazis; storm troopers burst in to slit the Nazi's throat. Max and Rudy escape, hide in the woods, and are captured after a thrilling action scene. The scene exists for its own sake; the drama is suspended, so the audience can thrill to the formula of pursuit.

On a train to prison camp, Max is forced to commit unspeakable acts and betray his friend. The underlying message is, it's every man for himself; the film will refute that. In the camp, Max is assigned to shift rocks from one pile to another. He's joined by Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), who he met on the train. "Friendship lasts about 12 hours in this place," Horst tells him.

But soon, in the midst of dread and a bitter winter, they find erotic desire stirring, and there is a scene where they stand side by side, with no eye contact, and by describing their feelings verbally are able to arrive at simultaneous orgasm. This scene works like the chase scene: It drops out of the drama to stand alone as entertainment--as eroticism. A better film would have found a way to absorb the sexuality into the underlying theme; both scenes are crowd-pleasers, and so is a closing sequence which seems staged more as a noble tableaux than as drama at all.

Max's personal victory we of course applaud, but does the film, with its methods, deserve the sentiment it requests? Sherman's stage version of "Bent" is, I am told, a moving experience. During the film, there was scarcely a moment when I wasn't aware of its gears cleverly turning.

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L'Homme que j'aime (1997) aka The Man I Love

The Man I Love (1997)

Original title: L'Homme que j'aime

Director: Stéphane Giusti
Writer: Stéphane Giusti
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Runtime: 87 min
Year: 1997

Stars: Jean-Michel Portal, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo and Mathilde Seigner

 

Recept: Kako uloviti str8 lika?
Sastojci:
Iskrenost …99.99%
Šarm ………..100%
Upornost ….100%
Duhovitost …60%
Seksipilnost..60%
Privrženost ..100%
Začini …..po želji

Prije nego počnemo da spremamo STR8 tipa za dugu vezu moramo biti sigurni da smo ga zaista zavoljeli i da je to taj lik sa kojim smo u stanju da djelimo sve u životu. Ne smijemo biti previše napadni i moramo pustiti da se stvari odvijaju svojim tokom.
Sastojke upotrebljavati pomalo i dozirano, a najviše pokazivati iskrenost i drugarstvo.
Recite mu odmah da ga volite.
Ukoliko vaš STR8 lik ima imalo sklonosti ka muškarcima ( čak i ako toga nije svjestan), zavoliće vas i to doživotno!
U suprotnom biće vam prijatelj o kakvom samo sanjati možete.
Ukoliko niste pravilno primjenili ovaj recept imaćete čovjeka koji će vas doživotno mrziti.

Ova receptura je doslovno primjenjena u ovom filmu i siguran sam da će te sa uživanjem pratiti kako Martin polako ali sigurno osvaja Lucasa.
Ono što kvari raspoloženje je saznanje da Martin boluje od AIDSA i to u poodmaklom stadijumu. Ali rekao sam, ako ovaj recept pravilno primjenite, imaćete najjaču ljubav na svjetu. A ljubav ne poznaje granice.
Iako je film prepun dirljivih scena koje izazivaju različite emocije, tužan kraj ne ostavlja u nama gorčinu. Da li zato što je Lucas savladao sve prepreke i učinio da njegov Martin u poslednjim danima života osjeti svu toplinu uzvraćene ljubavi, zakljućite sami.

Film pogledajte OVDJE

 

From Imdb:
Author: Scott Casey from United States

First of all, the theatrical packaging for this movie totally misrepresents it as a romantic gay comedy. A third of the way into the film it turns into an AIDS tragedy. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not what I was expecting when I rented it.
The previous posters seem to think this movie is a comedy. I must have seen a different movie from them. I agree it's a good film, but I didn't find anything comic about it. I was crying throughout the last half hour or so.
Well, it's an interesting film and I think it's worth seeing. I just wonder why all gay movies have to be about AIDS.
That said, I think it's a good portrayal of a presumably straight man falling for a gay man and embracing gay sex. The actor playing Lucas does an excellent job as the confused straight boy who finds himself falling in love with Martin no matter how hard he tries to fight it.
I just wish someone would write a gay movie where nobody has AIDS.

This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of fi
rst love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last." Written by Guy33134  on IMDB

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Hamam (1997) - The Steam Bath -REPOST

Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writers: Ferzan Ozpetek (story), Ferzan Ozpetek
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey
Language: Turkish, Italian
Duration:94 min
Stars: Alessandro Gassman, Francesca d'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi



Napisano: 06.04.2008.god

Ovaj film sam gledao prije jedno 5-6 godina u jednom od Beogradskih bioskopa. Onako potrošis sat i po vremena, nakon kojih više i ne razmišljaš o filmu koji si gledao. Nije loše napravljen, ali nema onog osijećaja isčekivanja u filmu. Sve se unaprijed predpostavi.
Onima koji nisu nikad bili u neko Tursko kupatilo preporučujem da odu u Gelert – Budimpešta ili odu u Istambul gdje još uvijek rade brojni hamami iz vremena osmanlijskog carstva!

Bračni par Fracesco i Marta žive u Rimu, uhodanom klotečinom i više brinu o svom poslu nego jedno o drugom. Francescu iznenada stigne pismo da je dobio naslijedstvo u Istambulu ( kuća i tursko kupatilo), te odluči da ode da vidi šta je to i da proda cijelokupnu nasleđenu imovinu.
Međutim kada stigne u Istambul, upoznaje se sa Osmanom, njegovom ženom i njihovim prelijepim sinom Mehmetom, kao i sa ćerkom Fusin.
Mehmet mu pokazuje hamam koji je izgrađen u vrijeme Osmanlijskog carstva, priča istoriju kupatila, objašnjava običaje..
Malo pomalo njih se dvojica zbližavaju i postaju sve intimniji. Marta dolazi u Istambul….

Francesco (Gassman) and his wife Marta (D’Aloja) run a successful interior design firm in Rome. But their marriage is on the rocks, with Marta, feeling neglected, secretly carrying on an affair with their mutual business partner, Paulo. With Francesco’s home life in a rut he receives notification that a forgotten aunt has died and left him some property in Istanbul. He decides to go to Turkey to sell the buildings. But upon his arrival in Turkey, Francesco discovers that what he has inherited is a dilapidated Hamam, a traditional Turkish bath, operated by Osman, his wife and their beautiful son Mehmet and daughter Fusun. He stumbled into a different Hamam the day before and was enchanted with the ancient sensuality of the place. Against his lawyer’s advice, he decides to remain and restore the ruined hamam to its original splendor. Francesco’s face seems to clear of anxiety and he becomes friendlier as he fits into the rhythm of the ancient city. He is also awakened to his homosexuality as he discovers his attraction and love in the person of Mehmet (Mehmet Gunsur). When his wife arrives to admit her infidelity, she finds in Francesco a totally changed man. Lushly photographed, the film successfully creates an exotic atmosphere which nurtures freedom and release. A sensuously delicious film.

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) (TV)

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) (TV)

Najverovatnije ne postoji bolji skakač u vodu od olimpijskog pobijednika Grega Louganisa. Osvojio je zlato 1984. godine i još dvije 1988. godine. Kako je napisao u svojoj autobiografiji Breaking the Surface (1995.) sam je imao najviše problema zbog neprihvatanja samog sebe. Gay igre su mu izgledale kao savršena prilika za coming out. Kada je izjavio da je HIV pozitivan, priča je opet stigla na naslovne strane.

Ovo je film napravljen po autobiografskom romanu koji je napisao sam Greg Louganis.
Ukoliko volite da gledate skokove u vodu ovo je pravi film za vas. Osim što film obiluje scenama prelijepih sportista čija se tijela izvijaju u vazduhu dok ne dosegnu površinu vode, film nam priča i poznatu gay priču o tome kako prihvatiti samog sebe . Kada se učinilo da je jedna bitka privedena kraju, dolazi druga čiji kraj je savim izvjestan!
Zanimljivo napravljen film, sa tuznim završetkom.
Inače ako nabavite Playgirl 1987 godine pronaćićete slike ovog sjajnog skakača. Ako neko nađe slike iz ovog časopisa neka mi pošalje da ih stavim u post.

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Gregory ("Greg") Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960 in El Cajon, California) is an American diver, who is best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m diving events. He received the James E. Sullivan Award in 1984 as the top amateur athlete in the United States.

Louganis is of Samoan/Swedish descent and was raised in California by his adoptive parents, a Greek-American couple. At age 16, he took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he placed second in the tower event, behind Italian Klaus Dibiasi. Two years later, with Dibiasi retired, Louganis went on to win his first world title in the same event.

In 1978, he accepted a diving scholarship to the University of Miami where he studied theater, but in 1981 transferred to the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

Louganis was a favorite for two golds in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. But an American boycott of the games, instituted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in protest of the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, prevented him from participating.

Louganis won two world titles in 1982, and in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, with record scores and leads over his opponents, Louganis won gold medals in both the springboard and tower diving events.

After winning two more world championship titles in 1986, he repeated his 1984 feat in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, although not without difficulties. In what is considered one of the greatest feats in sporting history, Louganis suffered an injury, hitting his head on the diving board during the preliminary rounds while performing a reverse 2 1/2 pike; he completed the preliminaries, despite a concussion, then went on to repeat the dive during the finals, with nearly perfect scores, earning him the gold medal. His incredible comeback earned him the title of ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year for 1988.

Louganis posed nude for Playgirl magazine in 1987.

In 1994, Louganis announced he was gay; he took part in the 1994 Gay Games as diving announcer, and performed an exhibition of several dives to a standing-room only crowd of nearly 3,000 spectators.

In 1995, Louganis's autobiography co-written with Eric Marcus, entitled Breaking the Surface, was published. Louganis revealed publicly the domestic abuse and rape he suffered from a live-in lover and that he was HIV-positive. The announcement caused some controversy because of the belief, as expressed by then-United States Olympic Committee executive director Dr. Harvey Schiller,[1] that he should have disclosed his HIV status during the 1988 Olympic games because his diving board injury resulted in light bleeding. Louganis had agonized over whether to disclose his status but was later advised by AIDS expert Dr. Anthony Fauci that the injury posed no danger of infection to fellow competitors.[2]

Following the announcement of his HIV status, Louganis was dropped by most of his corporate sponsors, with the exception of the aquatics gear manufacturer Speedo, which continues to sponsor him as of 2007.


Director:Steven Hilliard Stern
Writers (WGA):Greg Louganis (book) and Eric Marcus (book)
Release Date: 19 March 1997 (USA)
Genre: Biography / Drama / Sport more
Plot Summary:
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers..

Plot Keywords: Shower Scene / Male Nudity / AIDS / Diving / Olympics more
Awards: 1 nomination more

Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)

Mario López ... Greg Louganis
Michael Murphy ... Pete Louganis
Rosemary Dunsmore ... Frances Louganis
Jeffrey Meek ... Tom Barrett
Megan Leitch ... Megan
Jonathan Scarfe ... Keith
Fulvio Cecere ... John Anders
Patrick David ... Young Greg Louganis
Rafael Rojas III ... Greg (age 9)
Bruce Weitz ... Ron O'Brien
Andrew Francis ... Bully Boy #1
Nathan Evans ... Bully Boy #2
Noah Dennis ... Bully Boy #3
Kristina Krapic ... Despina (age 11)
Gabrielle Miller ... Despina


Runtime: 95 min
Country: USA
Language: English

Amor De Hombre - Love of A man (1997)

Film govori o prijateljstvu izmedju gay advokata Ramona i Esperance! Lijepa komedija-Drama koja će vam jutarnju kafu učiniti prijatnijom!

Film je uradjen u tipično Španskom prepoznatljivom stilu što mu daje još više šarma.

Moto ovog filma bi bio : Sve ljubavi su prolazne ali pravo prijateljstvo uvijek ostaje.

Preporučujem da pogledate ovaj film.




Year: 1997
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra
Duration: 88 min
Country Spain
Actors: Loles León, Andrea Occhipinti, Pedro Mari Sánchez, Armando del Río, Roberto Álvarez, Romŕ Sánchez, Jesús Cabrero, Sergio Otegui, Martijn Kuiper, Joaquín Luna, Manuel Tiedra, Daniel Gutiérrez, Jimmy Heino, Carlos Ucar, Aitor Tejada

Ramón is a sexually active gay man with men coming and going from his bedroom. His best friend Esperanza is a single woman who can't seem to meet or like any men unless they are gay. Some would call Esperanza a fag hag, but she simply has great taste in men, she likes them gay! They go out together to the bars and Ramon always brings a man home while Esperanza goes home to an empty bed. She doesn't mind because she knows that she has Ramón's heart. That is until Ramón meets her fellow teacher, Roberto. Their relationship endangers the precious bond these two have formed.

This colorful and somewhat hyper-active film is in the style of Almodóvar. There's always plenty of on-screen action, dialogue and color to keep the eyes and ears happy. It's a tender and intimate peek into the lives of two people that one seldom sees on screen. It seems as if Madrid is teeming with gorgeous gay men, after seeing Amor de Hombre it should be a stop in every gay man's life.

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DEFYING GRAVITY (1997)

DEFYING GRAVITY (1997)
The only thematic novelty in "Defying Gravity," John Keitel's modestly agreeable feature directorial debut, is that its coming-out story takes place at a university frat house. Nonetheless, made with a good deal of charm, this aptly titled drama is a likely bet for theatrical release and is bound to please gay men, particularly young ones. Pic should easily travel the global gay festival circuit.

The endearingly naive "Defying Gravity" is undoubtedly a personal film; the writer-director is close in age to his main characters, half a dozen white students sharing a frat house on an unnamed campus (pic was shot at USC, where Keitel was a graduate film student).

Affable and cute, Griff (Daniel Chilson), the ultimate frat boy, spends a hot night with frat brother Pete (Don Handfield), who lives off-campus. But he can't face the notion --- and the responsibility --- that he's gay, still continuing a flirtatious affair with Gretchen (Nicki Lynn), a fetching sorority girl who doesn't excite him much. Griff's best friend, the very straight Todd (Niklaus Lange), is also unaware of his buddy's emerging sexual orientation, though he senses that their relationship is changing.

An argument one night between Pete and Griff in a West Hollywood coffee shop ends badly. Unbeknownst to Griff, later that night, Pete becomes a victim of gay-bashing that sends him to the hospital. Griff finds out about the incident from a TV news report, and recalls seeing a suspicious-looking truck following Pete into a dark alley.

Rest of the overly familiar drama is devoted to Griff's dual dilemma of whether to report the case to the police (a theme used in numerous youth movies, most recently in "All Over Me") and put himself on the line, and when to tell Todd his "secret." The melodramatic plot gets some necessary tension when it becomes clear that members of Griff's frat house were involved in the bashing, which results in a moralistic confrontation, eventually forcing him to begin a new, more mature life on his own.

What helps this meller overcome its stock situations is a gallery of credible and positive characters. Prominent among them is Denetra (Linna Carter), Griff's African-American classmate, who's confused about her own sexuality and becomes a trusted confidante during his moral crisis.Todd is a more sensitive and understanding straight buddy than was the norm in most gay movies until the 1990s.

Low-budget pic, reportedly shot in only 13 days, is directed by Keitel with a good measure of honesty and taste. There are no great performances (three lead thesps are no more than OK), but overall the cast is handsome and appealing. Young gay men will relate to the heartfelt tale, whereas older ones will grin with deja vu, particularly when Griff tries to convince himself that his sexual attraction to men "is only a phase.


Director: John Keitel
Writer: John Keitel
Release Date: 9 July 1999 (USA)
Genre: Drama
Tagline: Some Pledges Are For Keeps more
Plot Outline: Griff wants to maintain just a superficial relationship with his all-gay boyfriend, who gets seriously wounded in a gay bashing.

Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Daniel Chilson ... John 'Griff' Griffith
Niklaus Lange ... Todd Bentley
Don Handfield ... Pete Bradley
Linna Carter ... Denetra Washington
Seabass Diamond ... Matthew 'Doogie' McDougal
Lesley Tesh ... Heather
Ryan Tucker ... Gary Buchanan
Nicki Lynn ... Gretchen
Laura Fox ... Mrs. Bradley
Kevin P. Wright ... Mr. Bradley
Matt Steveley ... Stewart 'Stewy' Hanson
David Tuchman ... Logan Franklin
Nick Spano ... Bozzy (as Nick Fortunato Spano)
Jess Martell ... Scotty
Katrina Holden Bronson ... Rachel

Runtime: 92 min
Country: USA
Language: English