Director: Jim Fall Writer: Jason Schafer Genre: Romance Country: USA Language: English Duration: 89 min Year: 1999
Stars: Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Brad Beyer,Will Keenan
The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan.
Gabriel, an office temp by day and aspiring Broadway composer by night, becomes smitten with Mark, a go-go dancer, in a gay bar with whom he makes eye contact. The two meet again in the subway that very night, and go back to Gabriel's place to have sex. They're thwarted in the attempt, however, first by Gabriel's aspiring actress friend Katherine, who is obsessed with her role in an adaptation of Salomé set in a women's prison, and then by Gabriel's roommate Rich, who returns home with his girlfriend Judy, with similar (and conflicting) plans for the apartment.
Gabriel and Rich argue over which of them should get to use the apartment that night, and decide to settle the matter with a coin toss. When Gabriel loses the coin toss and he and Mark have to leave, Gabriel seeks out his friend Perry to request the use of Perry's place. Unfortunately, as Perry escorts Gabriel and Mark there, they run into Perry's ex-boyfriend. Perry and his ex tearfully reconcile and they go back to Perry's, frustrating Gabriel and Mark yet again. The two then decide to hit a gay club for some dancing. There, a malicious drag queen, Miss Coco, corners Gabriel in the restroom. She badmouths Mark to Gabriel, telling him of the time they tricked – which sounds very much like how Gabriel and Mark met – and how Mark left abruptly after climaxing, leaving her with a fake phone number to boot. Crushed by this news, Gabriel decides to take off.
Mark follows Gabriel back to his and Rich's apartment to talk – and also because he's left his house keys there. They go in to look for the keys and try to talk things out while Judy mediates topless. Mark asserts that while he did indeed trick once with Miss Coco, it was actually the latter who tried to take advantage of him by secretly videotaping their encounter without Mark's consent. Gabriel accepts this story, but still doesn't trust Mark, so Mark angrily leaves. Judy then finds Mark's keys, and Gabriel chases after Mark with them down into the New York subway system. Just when it seems that Mark is gone forever, he reappears; he and Gabriel made a connection after all.
Having reconciled, they decide to get something to eat but – in yet another turn of events – run into Katherine and some of her theatre friends at a diner, where Katherine proceeds to monopolize the conversation. Gabriel finally blows up at her, and Katherine, humiliated, melts down and leaves in a huff. Gabriel chases after her and apologizes; they smooth things over and Katherine and her friends depart. As the new morning dawns, Mark gives Gabriel his phone number, they kiss, and Mark heads home. Gabriel calls the number on a nearby payphone, and is relieved to learn that it's Mark's actual number. While they never found a spot to trick, Mark and Gabriel instead formed a budding relationship beyond the simple one night stand they'd first been trying for.
Writers: Oyvind Ellenes, Frank Mosvold Genre: Short movies Country: Norway Year: 1999 Runtime: 11 min
Stars: Erik Ferguson and Stian Barsnes Simonsen
Ovo je priča o dva prijatelja koja osjećaju da dolaze vremena kada će se njihovi životi izmjeniti. Priča o prijateljstvu i ljubavi koju će pamtiti i po tome što nije prerasla u nešto zbog čega bi možda bili sretniji ili se možda pokajali. Ipak, jedan drugome su rekli - Volim te!
Vjerovatno se svma desilo da ne uradite nešto što u tom trenutku jako želite zbog straha da ne upropastite to što već imate. Da li ste kad pomislili da je to obostrano. Jednom mi se na fakultetu desilo da mi je tada najbolji prijatelj upao pod tuš. Smijao se ko lud i rekao kako se super osjeća što je samnom go u tako malom prostoru. Ja mu rekao da je bolje da i ne okreće leđa, a on mi se približio kao da oće da me poljubi i htio nešto da kaže, ali nije rekao, a ni uradio. Više se nikada to nije ponovilo. Prije dvije- tri godine smo se ponovo sreli. Otišli na piće da ispričamo jedan drugome o našim životima. Tada sam mu reko: Znaš šta mi je žao, jednom smo bili pod tušem i ništa se nije desilo. Uvjek se pitam da li bi to nešto imjenilo? A on meni: Mislio sam da ne želiš to, al ko zna, možda sada nebi pričali.
A relationship between two teenagers bordering between love and friendship. It is also a movie touching the fear of growing up, becoming adult, becoming alien to each other. It is made following the rules of Dogme95, but actually it breaks a lot of them.
Director:Gregg Araki Scenario:Gregg Araki, Jill Cargerman Genre: Comedy Country: UK, USA Year: 1999 Duration: 93 min Rating: 5.2/10
Actors: Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar, Kelly Macdonald, Eric Mabius, Dan Gatto, Linda Kim, Audrey Ruttan, Nathan Bexton, Amy Stevens, Adam Carolla, Julie Millett, Jenica Bergere, Paige Dunn, Emile Hamaty
Description:
Teenage trilogija Greg Arakija (Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere) je već predstavljena na ovom blogu, te sa filmom Mysterious Skin (2004) i The Living End (1992) čini zaokruženu sliku Arakijevog rada. Ovaj film se definitivno nemože svrstati u Gay Themed Movie no bez obzira na to na ovom blogu se našao zahvaljujući "nenamjerno i ničim izazvanom homoerotičnošću " dvojice sjajnih glumaca Jonathan Schaecha i Matt Keeslara. Veronika (Kathleen Robertson) na jednoj zabavi povodom noći vještica upoznaje Abela (Jonathan Schaech) koji od nje na jedan šarmantan način uspjeva da izmami broj telefona. Nakon toga upoznaje Zeda (Matt Keeslar) sa kojim polupijano završava u krevet. Ujutro kad se probudila šokirano je gledala u Zedovu jutarnju erekciju i čudila se sama sebi odkud ovaj lik u mom krevetu.
Iako joj se Zed dopao ženska znatiželja joj nije dozvolila da propusti sasvim drugačijeg a opet seksipilnog Abela (Jonathan Schaech). I tako upada u vezu sa dva muškaraca, medjusobno toliko različitih ali dopunjujućih. Ništa neobično da Veronika nije odlučila da im sve kaže i upozna ih. I tako nastaje savršena trojka koja ko zna šta sve radi noću u krevetu. Simpatičan mi je bio poljubac između Abela i Zeda.
Ova romantična komedija će vam zasigurno prijati nakon nedeljnog ručka, alako ne očekujete gomilu seksi scena. Toga u ovom Arakijevom filmu nema. Mene je podsjetio na ednu davnu vezu sa jednim momkom i njegovom djevojkom. Ispočetka je ja sam bio samo njegov momak, a ona njegova djevojka. Kad bi se desilo da naš voljeni nije sa njom ili samnom družio sam se sa njom. Ispade da smo se jednima drugima dopali te je u meni probidila jak heteroseksualni nagon. I tako priča je tekla ko u filmu. Radnim danima je moja guza bila "zloupotrebljavana" od mog super momka, a vikendom sam gledao da ugrabim trenutak kako bih ga uvalio u savršenu pičkicu njegove cure. Sve je funkcionisalo savršeno dok on nije odlučio da njoj kaže za nas. Imali su seks te subote i nakon toga je dijalog tekao ovako:
Naš momak: - Ja i on se volimo Ona: - I ja ga volim, a znam da on voli i mene i tebe! Naš momak: - Ali mi se volimo i onako... znaš Ona : Kako ... misliš ... onako Naš momak: - Da baš tako
Pauza 5 minuta pa onda:
ona: A ko koga ? Mislim znaš... Naš momak laže: Mi to ne radimo, samo pušenje , poljupci i to Ona: Moram ti priznati , on super radi i to drugo! Naš momak: Misliš vas dvoje ste... Ona: Mislim da se mi svi međusobno volimo! Mi smo savršena trojka!
Nakon što me je sutradan nekako osvetnički izjebao ispričao mi je da joj je rekao i kako je tekao tok razgovora!
Left to Right: Jonathan Schaech, Kathleen Robertson, and Matt Keeslar in Gregg Araki's Splendor
23 year old aspiring actress who wears more lipstick than a circus clown goes to punk club and falls in love-at-first-sight with two guys. Soon they all move in together and have three-ways every night--it's a fornicator's dream come true!. . .but the dream turns into a nightmare when the chick gets pregnant (now that's a real surprise plot twist!) and realizes her two bed mates would make less-than-ideal co-fathers. Sure, they are fun to live and fornicate with, but these guys don't even have jobs! What kind of life will her baby have ? Then the chick meets this bland but responsible guy. She doesn't love him, but he's stable and would be a good provider. So she dumps her two lovers and agrees to marry Mr. Bland-But-Dependable (now that's a real surprise plot twist!). But, guess what? Right as the chick is about to say "I do," the two lover boys crash the wedding and rescue the chick from a loveless marriage (now that's a real surprise plot twist!). They all three go back to shacking up and raising the baby (which, in a real surprise plot twist, turns out to be two babies! Twins! Imagine that! How clever!). I guess this was supposed to be some sort of screwball comedy about how complicated young people's lives can become in this so-very-post-modern-world, but. . .it's not funny (though it is boring) and the script isn't fresh (though the acting is terrible). You wonder how the mediocrity who wrote and directed this *movie* ever fooled enough people to pony up the five million or so it took to make this frisbee. . .that con job must have used up all his creative energy. *
by Scott Tobias April 19, 2002
Unburdened by the heavy nihilism that dogged his so-called "Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy" (Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere), Gregg Araki's Splendor is his brightest, most tolerable work to date, a day-glo romantic fantasy that sweetly considers the long-term possibilities of a drunken three-way. A camp reworking of Noel Coward's bohemian farce Design For Living, the film stars Beverly Hills 90210's Kathleen Robertson as an aspiring actress and self-described "good girl" drawn to two polar opposites at a Halloween rave: Johnathon Schaech, a bespectacled (and thus sensitive) freelance rock critic, and Matt Keeslar, a neanderthal drummer for a sub-par punk band. Robertson falls for her
competing lovers equally, but rather than choose between them, she allows both to move in and share her affections. This sort of premise would normally bring out Araki the obnoxious provocateur, but Splendor instead carries a bubbly, inconsequential tone that marks a surprising and welcome change of pace. While Araki's self-conscious dialogue still pounds with leaden irony, he continues to make great strides as an avant-garde stylist, painting the film's appealing surfaces with bold splashes of primary colors, eye-popping artificial sets, and a hypnotic art-pop sound design. Were he to invest the story with the same conviction, Splendor might have been the blissful, forward-thinking modern romance he intended. But for all his gifts, Araki is paralyzed by cool self-awareness, caught in the impossible position of trying to make this trio emotionally resonate while snickering at the Three's Company phoniness of it all. Love stories require some measure of earnestness and heart, but Araki seems to have deposited his on the beach in The Living End, and hasn't recovered it since.
Director: Guillem Morales Scenario: Francesc Hernández Genre: Drama, Short Country: Spain Year: 1999 Duration: 14 min Rating: 7.9/10
Actors: Juan Jaimez, Oriol Serra, Joan Díez, Rubén Ametllé, Nolo Ortiz, Issac Candalija, Antonio Lozano, Frank Martínez, Joan Morey
Description: Ova sedmica po svemu sudeći će proteći u znaku kratkog gay filma. Uostalom na ovom blogu možete pronaći već dosta filmova iz ove kategorije. Često su kvalitetnije urađeni nego mnogi dugometražni filmovi, a već popravilu ostavljaju nas da razmišljamo o samima sebi. Neznam da li u Beogradu i dalje radi bioskop "Partizan" , al ovaj film me je podsjetio na nekadašnja dešavanja u tom kinu. Za one koji to neznaju to je bioskop u kojem su se puštali str8 ppornići. U njemu su se skipljali uplašeni gayovci, napaljeni, isfrustrirani , cigani, slučajni prolaznici, likovi koji bi tu došli samo da im neko izdrka ili popuše, ili pak oni koji su nalazili sigurnost u mraku bioskopske sale. Mnogi matori pederi su takođe voljeli ovaj bioskop, jer mnogim posjetiocima u mraku nije ni bilo bitno koliko imaš godina već samo šta si spreman da uradiš tokom projekcije. Sala je izgledala kao da je preživjela drugi svjetski rat. Zadnja tri reda počupana, drvene stolice koje neviđeno škripe, svaka druga potpuno neupotrebljiva. Prije nego sjednete na nju bilo je potrebno da dobro pripazite kako nebi sjeli na nečiju izdrkotinu iz predhodne projekcije. Uglavnom večina je ulazila u salu tek nakon početka projekcije, kako bi sakrili identitet prilikom ulaska u salu! Već početkom projekcije posjetioci počinju da se pokreći, šetaju sa strane , pilje u mraku pokušavajuči da razotkriju ko je otvorio šlic. U ćoškovima sale i u zadnjim redovima formiraju se prave male orgije, drkanje, pušenje, a nerijetko naočigled svih padne i kompletno jebanje. Jednom sam otišao tamo i sjeo u sredini reda, a pored mene sjedne neki visoki lik. Malo po malo počnemo da se vatamo i drkamo jedan drugom. Nagne se prema meni i šapne:" ajde mi ga puši"; Ja mu odgovorih: " Žao mi je ali gadi mi se! " Nakon toga izdrkamo na naslon stolica ispred nas i napustimo salu. Onako prilikom izlaska iz kina bacim pogled da vidim kome sam to dirao kitu i produžim svojim putem. Odem u Knez Mihajlovu, operem ruke i naručim kafu. U neka doba vidim u kafanu ulazi onaj isti drkadžija iz bioskopa. Ja se napravih da ga nisam poznao i nastavim da čitam novine i pijem kafu. Na izlasku mi dobaci: " Eh kakav si ti čovijek, kad ne umiješ ni da se rukuješ ljudski" Ja mu rekoh utiho : " Očito sam se prevario u tebi, vidim da se ne bojih mraka, al kad mogu da se drkujem mogu i da se rukujem sa tobom." Popili smo piće i upoznali se. Poslije smo se dugo družili, upoznao me sa svom svojom familijom, klincima, prijateljima... Svi su me zvali crnogorac, a malo ko mi je znao i pravo ime. Ne znam zašto ovo sve ispričah, al ovaj film me podjetio na mračnu salu za drkovanje! Finding love can be difficult, but surely a backroom on a Saturday night is the last place you should go looking for it. Certainly the men in this Spanish short seem to be searching for just one thing and it clearly isn't a boyfriend - or is it?
For in this realistic depiction of backroom life, we get to hear the inner thoughts of those whose need for sex see them seek out that area of a club or bar, that is but an indoor cruising ground. And yet and inspite of the subject under discussion, male nudity is seldom on view in a piece that is more akin to a cinematic representation of lust and if anything, loneliness. Yes it's all very seedy, but how could it be otherwise, as we view the scene through the eyes of Iván, a backroom virgin who "shouldn't have come," turns to go, but instead finds himself being serviced bottom end up as this short rapidly heads to its sexual climax. Thankfully along the way Morales sets the atmosphere rather nicely, mixing a throbbing club sound with images of men of all ages and types seen cruising a maze of dark corridors that whilst new to some, are more than familiar territory to those ever on the lookout for fresh meat. Only in between such carnal encounters, Morales injects a series of cutting comments, questioning if the mens' boyfriends or for that matter their girlfriends, know where they are? Yet the most poignant words come from an older man who looked upon in disgust by the local stud, offers the biting remark that "when you're my age and they look at you with the same eyes that you look at me - then you'll see." For the star of the show is the narrative itself, as voiceover after voiceover aptly conveys the reality of the situation and how for some men, kissing on the lips is a no-go area, after all "who does he think I am - his boyfriend?" Yet that is the bottom line here, given not everyone present is looking for sex. Only do those men have the courage to voice their need for love and affection in such a soulless environment? A telling work indeed.
Director: E. Kutlug Ataman Writer: E. Kutlug Ataman Genre: Drama Country: Germany Year: 1999 Runtime: 95 min
Stars: Gandi Mukli, Baki Davrak and Erdal Yildiz
Danas sam jedva odgledao ovaj film jer je subtitle bio totalno razdešen. Srec'om BS Plajer ima opciju da pomijera titlove unaprijed ili u nazad te sam uspio da odgledam do kraja. Ova Njemac(ko- Turska drama i nije toliko loša za odgledati, ali ipak vam preporuc(ujem da pokušate nac'i bolje podešen titl ili ako se vec' neko razumije u to neka podesi ovaj što sam ga stavio u rar fajlu. Inac(e film je na njemac(kom jeziku.
Murat je sedamnaestogodišnji Turski imigrant koji sa bratom i majkom živi u Berlinu u jednoj izrazito tradicionalistic(koj porodici. Obožava Lolu, tranvestita koji radi u jednom Queen baru, a seksualno se zadovoljava po javnim toaletima, i nekakvim mrac(nim parkovima, c(esto naplac'ujuc'i matorim pederima . U baru gdje radi Lola upoznaje Bilija, mac(o turkish lika, koji je u "vezi" sa Lolom, i zeli da osnuje brak, što Bili odbija sa gnušanjem i prezirom. Na drugoj strani sredovec(ni arhitekta Friedrich zaljubljuje se u jednog turc(ina Iskendera kojemu je osnovno zanimanje biti prostitutka i lopov. Friedrichova majka, postarija gospo?a ( izgleda kao neka baba iz aristrokatske kuc'e) voli da dominira svakom situacijom, da sve zna i kontroliše. Film pravi paralelu izme?u dvije potpuno razlic(ite kulture, a kojima je jedina zajednic(ka tac(ka nastojanje da ogranic(i i sputa ponašanje koje izlazi iz tradicionalnih okvira.
English:
Lola Bilidikid (1999) Murat (Baki Davrak) is a seventeen year old gay Turkish immigrant, who lives with his mother and brother in Berlin. Murat lurks around public toilets and drag bars trying to find some entry point into his adulthood and eventually encounters Lola (Gandi Mukli), a drag performer who turns out to be Murat's estranged brother. Lola is stuck in a relationship with Bili (Erdal Yilidiz) who's so hung up on being macho that he insists Lola have a sex change so they can marry and be man and wife, rather than a gay couple, something which Bili despises. Elsewhere, aging HIV-positive architect Friedrich (Michael Gerber) falls in love with Turkish hustler Iskender (Murat Yilmaz) and battles his controlling mother Ute (Inge Keller).
Despite its soapy, busy plot, Lola + Bilidikid is a tranquilised, ellipitical film that makes for a detached and ultimately unimpressive viewing experience. The film's excess of characters and sickly float of ennui and displacement just doesn't gel into anything interesting. We know that immigrants face racism and taunting all over the world, and the stock-standard sensitive-boy-coming-out plot really should have been retired to stud many moons ago. Ancient Keller, who's acted in German films since the 1940s, is an imperious highlight but even she seems to be wondering what she's supposed to be doing half the time.
The film attempts a commentary on breaking free from restrictive family bonds with Murat and Friedrich like generational bookends to a postwar Europe that has drifted in many different directions. But this film is too scattershot and its script too malnourished to do this interesting idea any kind of justice. Lola and Murat seem to fight for supremacy as the film's main character, but they end up in a disjointed stalemate where only one can appear in any one scene. Behind them, Bili, Friedrich, Iskender et al mash together as an indistinct mopey ensemble. The film's climax is incongruous and excessively pessimisitc.
Another German film about an artificially red haired Lola in distress released the same year was Run, Lola Run, an innovative corker that mopped up awards and audience excitement around the world. Lola + Bilikid could have taken a few more risks and well, been an entirely different film, and it may have avoided ending up the plain, ugly twin sister. 17-year old Murat from Turkey, living in Berlin, Germany, slowly discovers his homosexuality. His older brother Osman, head of the family since the father's death, wants him to finally lose his virginity (in a heterosexual manner) and thus causes Murat to run away. In a bar, Murat meets Lola, who has some things to tell about him. He also meets Bilidikid, Lolas man, who thinks that Murat might have thrown an eye on Lola. But the truth about Lola, Murat and his family is far worse that anyone could have expected.
Priča o biseksualcima ima koliko god oćeš. ali sve se svode na to da ko po nekoj matemačkoj definiciji prelaze iz muškog u ženski tabor pa opet natrag! Tri moje najveće ljubavi pripadaju toj skupini. Po pravilu to su najjače i iz početka najiskrenije veze. Naprosto ne mogu se te veze ni stvoriti ako se krije brak ili verenica. Na žalost uglavnom se sve te životne priče završe vrlo tužno. Provede čovijek neko vrijeme u braku , pa se razvede ili provede čitav život upetljan u sopstvene laži, rastrgnut između pičke i kurca! Ne znam kako će se završiti ova moja zadnja romansa, ali predhodne dvije su završile vrlo jadno. Oženili se, dobili đecu, žive po pravilniku društva, al noću se iskradaju iz kreveta i trče u naručje muškarca ili se smucaju po koje kakvim mjestima tražeći dobar kurac! Jednog redovno viđam po pederskim sajtovima, a za podvige ovog drugog čujem iz okruženja druge države! Najveće zaprepaštenje sam doživio kada mi je jedna cura došla u posjetu i započela priču: - Znam sve o vama, rekao mi je! -Šta ti je rekao? ( crvenim) - Sve! -( čutim i propadam sa 4 sprata u podrum) - Znaš šta ja mislim? Mi smo predivna trojka, svi se volim, On voli i mene i tebe , ti voliš i mene i njega, a ja vas volim obadvojicu!
Ovaj film govori upravo o tim odnosima. Kako peder postaje str8 pa onda opet peder, a jadna cura se u čudu našla! I sve to začinjeno na španski način. Pa ako vam odgovara tema , pogledajte ovaj prilično zabavan film, koji bi po meni trebalo da bude komedija, a ono se pretvorilo u pravu dramu i romansu. Inače režiser ovog filma je več poznat po sličnim filmovima. Pogledajte I love you baby!
Year: 1999 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Director: Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes Duration: 102 min Country Spain
Actors: Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto, Mirta Ibarra, Rosana Pastor, Manuel Manquińa, Ŕlex Brendemühl, Javier Martín, Adriŕ Collado, Elena Irureta, Alberto San Juan, José Manuel Cervino, Maite Blasco, Elena Ballesteros, Montserrat Alcoverro, Carmen Arbex, Pedro Aunión, Libby Brien, Omar Butler, Manel Castillejos, Ramón Enrich Borrellas, María Esteve, Lucía Etxebarría, Quique Guaza, Fernando Guillén, Angelita Heredia, Philip Hersh, Valentín Hidalgo, Inma Isla, Raúl Jiménez, Duna Jové, David Laborda, Esperanza López Tamayo, Carlos Lucas, Dani Martín, José Antonio Menchen, Patricia Mendi, Maite Merino, Ivan Nieto-Balboa, Pilar Ordóńez, Francesc Pagés, Gustavo Pastor, Pepe Patatín, David Pomares, Juan Prado, Núria Prims, Ana Rayo, Montse G. Romeu, Raúl Sánchez, Ruth Sánchez, Paula Soldevila, Marta Suárez, Fausto Talón, Fernando Tejero, Paz Vega, Alfredo Villa
Marga is a feisty young woman who has sought to slip out from under her parents' control her entire adult life. Slowly, and with significant help from her best friend Trini, she begins to come into her own. Just when it seems Marga has her life together, tragedy comes calling with a vengeance. First, she loses her job when Trini sells her out to the adulterous boss (whom the gal pal is sleeping with). The layoff causes financial problems, but at least Marga has her main man Roberto. Without warning, said boyfriend is killed in a car accident, leaving Marga alone and pregnant with his son. Hoping to make ends meet, she takes a job at a local video store. As time passes and her child grows, she ends up owning the establishment.
One day, Ińaqui walks into her store and the attraction is instantaneous. Marga falls head over heels for the dark and mysterious hunk. And he seems to really like her. But there is a problem. Ińaqui is gay. Or perhaps, it is better to say he is a very confused homosexual. Whatever the case may be, he adores Marga and they seem to make a perfect couple. But biology and psychology have a way of messing up even the most promising love affair, and as their level of commitment deepens, the potential pitfalls to Marga and Ińaqui's relationship grow wider. Can the lifestyle-crossed lovers find a way to make their devotion work? Or will they only find themselves alone again, filled with despair and thinking to themselves "I Will Survive" as their hearts slowly break? A little unfocused as it starts, and slow to unfold its eventual delights, I Will Survive (translated from the original Spanish title Sobreviviré) is kind of a motion picture irregularity. It wants to be a romantic comedy, but it keeps injecting tragedy and despair into the plot to provide obstacles to the "happily every after." This makes the movie a little disconcerting at times. It also wants to be a politically sensitive exploration of the differences and the possible interpersonal interactions between men—specifically gay men—and women. But it appears to be afraid to tackle such issues head-on, and instead hints and insinuates at the possible problems and considerations.
In essence, I Will Survive is an overly cautious cautionary tale, a tricky testament to the very fickle and fated nature of love and lifestyle choice. It uses the basics of quixotic pleasantry to say some serious things about sexual identity and societal roles (especially in the highly religious nation of Spain) while occasionally perverting those principles for its own interests (especially in the surprisingly frank ending). But the overall effect is less than enlightening. We never really get to understand our lovers and the reasons for their infatuation/frustration. Potentially provocative subplots (Trini's infidelity with the boss, Marga's son, Ińaqui's ex-boyfriend and the art community) are tossed by the wayside for meaningless montages to life and lust. We wonder how a practicing homosexual, obviously ensconced in the entire way of life, can suddenly stop with the sodomy and enjoy sex with a woman. And we conjecture on what it says about Marga's self-esteem that she sleeps with a gay man and assumes she has both "cured" him and deserves nothing better herself. I Will Survive cannot answer these questions and, frankly, it never really wanted to try. It is using hot-button issues to push along a passive narrative, and that is never a good cinematic idea. This simple movie—with intricate issues inside—is good, but not great. It fails to pull off the emotional hat trick of having us care for Marga, Ińaqui, and their relationship. We do tend to root for the miserable widow, especially as played by Emma Suarez with a wide face of fragile honesty. But Juan Diego Botto takes his role of the gay Romeo too seriously, balking with unavoidable angst every time situations get serious or sincere. As a couple, there is a nice chemistry between the two, and each can portray both strength and vulnerability in completely believable fashion. Indeed, the best part about I Will Survive is the performances. Even with characters that should resonate as clichés or archetypes, the actors manage to overcome the formulaic to create winning individuals. Never once is a stereotype stationed among the other homosexuals, and principles that should be annoying (like the Grand Dame of Cuban kookery Rosa, as played by Mirta Ibarra) find the decency behind the disheartening.
But good performances alone cannot save I Will Survive. The movie needs more of a heavy heart and the filmmakers cannot craft such somber sentiments. Co-directed with far too much self-awareness by the team of Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes, there are too many camera tricks and fancy fade-outs to keep the story from shifting. The duo keeps trying to impose dreamy and wistful elements onto their topical tale to keep it light and airy. Yet their use of the beautiful Henry Mancini standard Moon River seems cute and cloying, more of a fabrication than a relationship factor. I Will Survive is like a writer who keeps rethinking his story as he goes along. The lack of a clear atmosphere or tone turns what could have been passionate into just passable.
Ovaj repost sam napravio jer nam je naš prijatelj Pannonianman napravio prevod za njega. Na žalost još uvjek nisam našao linkove za verziju filma bez španskog prijevoda ugrađenom u njega. A nesumljam da če mo i to pronaći.
Subtitle na našem jeziku možete skinuti OVDE Vaš Orvel
Listajući kolekciju filmova, odlučio sam da vam za danas ponudim francuski film, Les Amants Criminels aka Criminal Lovers (1999) u kojem jednu od glavnih uloga igra Miki Manojlović! Bilo mi interesantno vidijeti kako jedan naš glumac igra lika koji obljubljuje ljepuškastog Luca. U filmu Luc i Alice, nakon što su izvršili ubistvo i pljačku biježe od policije i nailaze na jednu kolibu u nekoj šumi u kojjoj živi šumar (Miki M.) Šumar ih zatvara u podrum kao da se radi o najobičnijim životinjama. Gadljivo ignoriše Alice, a svu pažnju posvećuje Lucu, sa kojim priča, hrani ga, kupa ga i na kraju obljubljuje. Pri svemu tome Luc pokušava da oslobodi Alice i pobijegne. Da ne otkrivam sve , film možete skinuti i pogledati sami! U donjem fajlu će te naći titl na engleskom. Nezgodno je jedino to što je film titlovan na španskom pa ide titl preko titla, ali sve jedno čitljivo je.
Ovaj film se i pored homoerotskih scena između Luca i Šumara , nemože svrstati i gay film! Inače film je pokupio gomilu nagrada na raznim festivalima. ( L.A. Outfest, Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema, Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film, Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival ) Director: François Ozon Writers: François Ozon (dialogue), François Ozon (poem) Release Date: 18 August 1999 (France) more Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller Plot Keywords: Sexual Awakening / Flashback Sequence / Male Frontal Nudity / School / Trapper Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
Cast
Natacha Régnier ... Alice Jérémie Renier ... Luc Miki Manojlovic ... L'homme de fore;t Salim Kechiouche ... Sad(d Yasmine Belmadi ... Karim Bernard Maume ... Le professeur Jean-Louis Debard ... Le gardien de nuit Catherine Vierne ... La vendeuse de bijoux Marielle Coubaillon ... L'hôtesse du supermarché Olivier Papot ... Le policier Gil Demurger ... Le GIGN (as Gil de Murger) Agnc(s Accaria Ranzi Adjeri Brigitte Albuquerque Martihino Albuquerque
Also Known As: Criminal Lovers (Europe: English title) Runtime: 96 min Country: France Language: French
Story of love and death, with some American thriller sparkles and the flavor of Ozon, "Amants criminels" is trip in a dark universe, with strange cages and shadows of fears.
In same aspects, it is a new adaptation of "Dangerous Liaisons". Also, it is a adaptations of brothers Grimm tales. But important are not the images, rabbits or forest man , the murder or the rats. It is only a room of Francois Ozon universe and relevant is the desire of director to discover the limits of a situation. Not the ways but the purpose.
The evil girl for the other is basic object, the homoerotic scenes, the strange land, the race different, the games and the end, the cries and forms of affection are pieces of an interesting puzzle in which the purpose may be the catharsis.
A cruel beautiful film. Cold, aggressive, nostalgic, sad and strange. A film about the ways of escape. And about their fragile substance.
This movie is not gay movie, but some homoerotic scene in François Ozon's way can be interesting!
Segunda piel (1999) aka Second SkinSinoć sam uživao gledajući ovaj film u kojem glavne uloge imaju Jordi Mollŕ, Ariadna Gili i prelijepi Javier Bardem. Priča koja je toliko realistična da sam na momente pomislio kako je jedan dio mog života prenesen na filmsko platno. Strašno! Mada istini za volju u filmu to izgleda mnogo lakše nego u stvarnosti. Kad ti se čini da gubiš dio sebe i moraš da izabereš između dvije drage osobe, znajući da ćeš jednu zauvjek izgubiti.
U ovom filmu Alberto Garcia mora da izabere između porodice, žene Elene i djeteta i Diega za kojeg je takođe vezan svim srcem. Živeći rastrzan u laži sve mu se počne komplikovati kada Elena posumlja i sazna za njegovu vezu sa Diegom.
Alberto pokušava da sačuva porodicu i ostavi Diega , ali nema snage za to! Kako ostaviti nekoga za kim ti srce žudi, koga voliš više negoli samog sebe? Gdje god da pokušaš pobijeći , biježiš od samog sebe.
Potresna priča, životna i vjerujem da nije rijetka.
Scene u kojima je prikazan seks između Alberta i Diega su strastvene, odlično urađene. Za trenutak sam pomislio da je stvarnost. Sa druge strane scene sa ženom nisu ni upola ispunjene željom i emocijama. Tako je to i u stvarnom životu!
I sam imam vezu sa oženjenim ćovijekom. Znam da mu nije lako. Živimo za dane kada ćemo se vidjeti, i svaki trenutak mi je on u mislima.
Iz dva različita svjeta smo, a volimo se toliko snažno, jako, iskreno... Razumijem ga, ima porodicu, vezan je za nju. A opet nisam sam na ovom svjetu, sve dok osjećam svaku emociju, želju , ljubav, strast i iskrenost od njega.
Završetak ovog filma mi se ne sviđa. Naprosto ne želim da se tako završi!
Javier Bardem ... Diego
Jordi Mollŕ ... Alberto García
Ariadna Gil ... Elena
Cecilia Roth ... Eva
Mercedes Sampietro ... María Elena
Javier Albalá ... Rafael
Adrian Sac ... Adrián
Cristina Espinosa ... Ana Mari
Pilar Castro ... Neus
Ramiro Alonso ... Oriol
Silvia Espigado ... Ingeniera
Carmen Grey ... Enfermera
Ángela Rosal ... Tomasa
Luis B. Santiago ... Aitor
Christian Queipo ... Luis
Also Known As: Second Skin (UK)
Runtime: 110 min
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Second Skin (Segunda Piel) is a 2000 gay film by Spanish director Gerardo Vera, starring Jordi Molla, Javier Bardem and Ariadna Gil. The film is available in DVD in Spain.
The film is about a couple from Madrid, Elena (Ariadna Gil) and Alberto (Jordi Molla). They have a happy marriage, professional success and a loving son. But later, Elena finds a hotel receipt in Alberto's pocket and discovers that he has been unfaithful to her. To her surprise, the one who has been involved is another man, Diego (Javier Bardem). Alberto is struggling to save both his marriage and forget his feelings for Diego, but fails. Finally, everything comes to an end when Elena confronts Diego, who didn't know Alberto was married, and kicks Alberto off the house. Leaving Diego's home grievedly after a fight, Alberto is killed in an accident.
The movie ends with Elena and Diego becoming sort-of friends.
This is a dramatic, very realistic story about the internal strife of a bisexual man, torn between his beautiful wife and child and his desire for romance with a Gay surgeon. Well photographed and directed with excellent music. Excellent beach scenery. Explicit sex scenes are well done. The emotional pain of the 'bisexual' man (more likely a Gay man who married to please his parents and conform to societal pressures) is very graphically and honestly portrayed. The damage that his refusal to deal with his identity crisis causes both his wife and his lover is also honestly shown. Javier Bardem is excellent as the surgeon and Adriana Gil as the wife is stunningly beautiful.
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Anonymous said...
The running time on this is incorrect....it's only 100 minutes, not 110 as is listed here and on IMDB. Even the company which released this in the U.S. has the same running time (although another wrong one) listed for both their releases of the R-rated and the Unrated version. This is definitely the Unrated version, because I located a second set of download links elsewhere on a Spanish site from the Spanish DVD, and that running time is exactly the same as the time for the one I downloaded from here.
Next problem with the download from here: Although the entire movie was filmed in a 2.35:1 scope ratio, what's been posted here is apparently from the U.S. DVD release, which only has the opening credits in 2.35:1, while the rest of the movie has had the ends cropped off so the rest of the movie is only 1.85:1!! This is also how I knew which DVD release this was....I also checked everything on IMDB, and also submitted a corrected running time for the movie.
The video from the Spanish DVD is in MPG format, and although it's not anamorphic widescreen like the links you have here, the Spanish rip is ENTIRELY in the correct 2.35:1 scope ratio.
Juče nisam mrdao iz kuće jer ova gripa nikako da mi prođe. Ovo je već drugi dan da se osjećam loše. Cijeli dan sam gledao ovu seriju Torchwood, te što se prvog serijala tiče jedini muško-muški poljubac je u 12 Epizodi. Valjda drugi serijal bude bolji. Listajući kolekciju filmova, odlučio sam da vam za danas ponudim francuski film, Les Amants Criminels aka Criminal Lovers (1999) u kojem jednu od glavnih uloga igra Miki Manojlović! Bilo mi interesantno vidijeti kako jedan naš glumac igra lika koji obljubljuje ljepuškastog Luca. U filmu Luc i Alice, nakon što su izvršili ubistvo i pljačku biježe od policije i nailaze na jednu kolibu u nekoj šumi u kojjoj živi šumar (Miki M.) Šumar ih zatvara u podrum kao da se radi o najobičnijim životinjama. Gadljivo ignoriše Alice, a svu pažnju posvećuje Lucu, sa kojim priča, hrani ga, kupa ga i na kraju obljubljuje. Pri svemu tome Luc pokušava da oslobodi Alice i pobjegne. Da ne otkrivam sve , film možete skinuti i pogledati sami! U donjem fajlu će te naći titl na engleskom. Nezgodno je jedino to što je film titlovan na španskom pa ide titl preko titla, ali sve jedno čitljivo je. Ovaj film se i pored homoerotskih scena između Luca i Šumara , nemože svrstati i gay film! Inače film je pokupio gomilu nagrada na raznim festivalima. ( L.A. Outfest, Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema, Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film, Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival )
Director: François Ozon Writers: François Ozon (dialogue), François Ozon (poem) Release Date: 18 August 1999 (France) more Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller Plot Keywords: Sexual Awakening / Flashback Sequence / Male Frontal Nudity / School / Trapper Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
Cast
Natacha Régnier ... Alice Jérémie Renier ... Luc Miki Manojlovic ... L'homme de fore;t Salim Kechiouche ... Sad(d Yasmine Belmadi ... Karim Bernard Maume ... Le professeur Jean-Louis Debard ... Le gardien de nuit Catherine Vierne ... La vendeuse de bijoux Marielle Coubaillon ... L'hôtesse du supermarché Olivier Papot ... Le policier Gil Demurger ... Le GIGN (as Gil de Murger) Agnc(s Accaria Ranzi Adjeri Brigitte Albuquerque Martihino Albuquerque
Also Known As: Criminal Lovers (Europe: English title) Runtime: 96 min Country: France Language: French
Story of love and death, with some American thriller sparkles and the flavor of Ozon, "Amants criminels" is trip in a dark universe, with strange cages and shadows of fears.
In same aspects, it is a new adaptation of "Dangerous Liaisons". Also, it is a adaptations of brothers Grimm tales. But important are not the images, rabbits or forest man , the murder or the rats. It is only a room of Francois Ozon universe and relevant is the desire of director to discover the limits of a situation. Not the ways but the purpose.
The evil girl for the other is basic object, the homoerotic scenes, the strange land, the race different, the games and the end, the cries and forms of affection are pieces of an interesting puzzle in which the purpose may be the catharsis.
A cruel beautiful film. Cold, aggressive, nostalgic, sad and strange. A film about the ways of escape. And about their fragile substance.
This movie is not gay movie, but some homoerotic scene in François Ozon's way can be interesting! Warning: This movie is with Spanish subtitle . English subtitle go over spanish! If somebody have better copy , please send me links! Thanks!
Tokom juc(erašnjeg dana sam skinui ukupno 5 filmova! Kakvo uzaludno trošenje vremena i resursa na netu. svih pet filmova spada u najgoru kategoriju filmova. 4 kratka filma su se pokazala najkvalitetnijim, pa c(u ih predstaviti u nekom od narednih postova.
Dobra stara serija Undressed u produkciji MTV-ja se pokazala idealna da ispunim kratke pauze. Gledao sam je preko satelitske na nekom od Srbijanskih kanala ( mislim da se radi o Enter Tv). Iako se ne može predstaviti kao totalno gay serijal u mnogim epizodama se obra?uje upravo ta tematika. Radi se o dogodovstinama srednjoškolaca i Njihovim ljubavnim i seksualnim iskustvima. Uz konstantnu dozu humora svaka serija je vrlo laka i neopterec'ujuc'a za gledanje. Npr dok pijete kafu prije nego po?ete na posao. Traju oko 20-tak minuta i siguran sam da c'e te se nasmijati uz svaku koju provedete. Serije koje obra?uju gay tematiku možete nac'i na youtube - dovoljno da ukucate undressfan ili odete na link http://uk.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=undressfan Uživajte!
Undressed Format Teen drama, Dramedy Created by Roland Joffe Country of origin Flag of the United States No. of seasons 6 No. of episodes 222 Production Running time approx. 22 minutes Broadcast Original channel MTV Original run July 26, 1999 – September 5, 2002 External links IMDb profile TV.com summary English:
Undressed is a television series on MTV that was first broadcast in 1999. It was an anthology series that followed the relationships (both sexual and romantic) of young people, often high schoolers, college students, and twenty somethings in the Los Angeles area. The series was controversial for its frank discussions about sex, including depictions of promiscuous behavior between teens, as well as gay and lesbian relationships. The show's Head Writers were Michael Grodner and Swith Bell, while Neil Landau served as the co-head writer.
Barry's Bully part 1 Barry's Bully part 2
Each season had several recurring characters with each episode focused on two or three specific characters with plotlines presented as interleaved vignettes. Undressed ran for 6 seasons, from Monday, 26 July, 1999 to Thursday, 5 September, 2002. The final season of the series was produced in Canada.
Ovaj film je kolekcija četiri kratka filma Bavo Defurne. Svi filmovi su titlovani na Engleski
Gay Shorts:
Kampvuur-Camp-fire(1999) Belgium (English title)
Matroos-Sailor(1998) Belgium (English title)
Kampvuur - Campfire(1999) Kratki film o skautima ( izviđačima) na kampovanju u kojem se lijepi TIJL, zaljubljuje u najboljeg druga Wouta.
Nakon jedne prelijepe noći provedene u šatoru, Woutovo ponašanje se potpuno mijenja i njegov odnos prema Tijlu nije više kao prije.
Particularly Now, in Spring(1995), Crno-bijeli film, 8 minuta, na Engleskom pokazuje učenike srednje škole tokom vježbanja, treninga, u svlačionicai itd. Kamera prati Olaf Nollena koji nam govori o njegovim željama da postane glumac, da zadrži prijateljstvo koje ima u školi, o svojim snovima.
Ukratko , kratka priča o snovima mnogih tinejđera.
Matroos - Sailor(1998) Kratka priča o tinejdžeru koji obožava prijatelja mornara. o njegovi snovi o egzotičnim zemljama, zvjezdanom nebu i neizbježna nostalgija i briga oće li mu se vratiti njegov prijatelj , podstaknuti nerealnim željama dovode do neizbježnog kraha. Film je radjen u apstraktnom stilu i prikazuje virtualni svijet koji možemo stvoriti u našim glavama!
Saint(1996) Crno-bjeli film . Romanski vojnik biva mučen do smrti zvog svoje hrišćanske vijere. Slike koje govore same za sebe ostavljaju snažan utisak . Film je no voice.
Teenage trilogija 
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Back Room (1999) 
