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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nitin Karani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 5, 2007 12:12 AM Subject: Reminder: Bombay Dost: Sunday High -- 8 April 2007 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, " gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com" <gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com>, " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Juste une question d'amour* (2000) *Runtime:* 90 min *Synopsis:* Just a Question of Love follows the whirlwind romance of two young men in different stages of coming out. The film paints a heartbreaking portrait of the difficulties that befall a relationship when one man lives proudly out of the closet, while the other has created a double life to please his parents. *Review 1:* "This film is pretty much perfect. I can't fault it. It's utterly romantic; full of delicious angst; wonderfully acted and scripted and has a total naturalness that makes you feel you're listening to a story from one of your own family. This must be the best coming out film ever made. It's an intelligent film, and that's pretty rare these days. Every single character in this film is wonderful portrayed with total honesty. Even the setting is quite lovely in the garden that agricultural students Cedric and Laurent care for. There are no gay bars; no drugs; no leather or bears. There's just people living ordinary, good lives. And best of all this are are the gorgeous Cedric and Laurent. I defy you to watch this film and not believe that these two men are deeply in love. And it's so much more than that. They work together; they play together and it's so natural and sexy and lovely to watch. It's the most positive depiction of a gay relationship I've seen in any movie. The level of angst this film builds up is due to this lovely relationship. You'll be desperate for it all to work out, but everything seems conspiring against it. This is now my number one recommendation for a great gay movie." https://www.tescodvdrental.com/visitor/product_detail.html?product_id=64189 *Review 2:* It is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. I adore this film. The story, the acting, the characters are truly first rate and Christian Faure is such a good director. No doubt what French cinema always does best is telling small intimate stories with warmth and intimacy like this movie. They are always a good choice for a cosy night in. I highly recommend this film and I love to watch this film over and over again especially the scene where Cedric tells Laurent that he loves him in the car. So wonderfully romantic and so the saying goes "love changes everything". http://www.amazon.co.uk/Juste-Question-DAmour-Cyrille-Thouvenin/dp/B000EZ7VU8 ------------------------------ *Capote* (2005) *Runtime:* 114 min *Synopsis:* In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story material, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, In Cold Blood. To that end, he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book, Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However, that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction. *Review:* Brilliant portrayals are chilling. Philip Seymour Hoffman's invocation of the essence of Truman Capote is mesmerizing. I suspect that most of the readers on websites such as these may not have stored memories of Capote in the 60's. An unlikely media darling, I vividly recall his flaunting gay affectations and cosmopolitan barbs. Hoffman's detailed and incisive performance implores, "And the Oscar goes to........" Beyond his performance is a riveting and eerie story directed with flawless craft and impressive restraint. It is a film that left me sitting and discussing its nuances and its depth, until the theater's lights flickered to oust me. The film surrounds the time when Capote wrote "In Cold Blood," a book nearly everyone read in the late 60's, its title seeming obvious. This latest movie inserts Capote into the original crimes that inspired "In Cold Blood" and challenges us to revisit that title. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/usercomments ------------------------------ *Time:* 5 p.m. *Venue:* The Humsafar Trust's Drop-in Centre, 1st floor, Vakola Municipal Market Building, Near Raheja Point and Vakola Masjid, Santacruz (East), Mumbai. *Getting there:* It's approximately minimum fare by autorickshaw from Santacruz station (East). You could also take routes 311 or 313. The same routes also operate from Kurla (West) station. *Space courtesy: *The Humsafar Trust. *Note:* Programme subject to change without notice. -- My blog's at: http://queerindia.blogspot.com -- My blog's at: http://queerindia.blogspot.com
