Ambivalent
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Hi, guys,
Well - I will say this past week on the forum, hasn't been my pleasantest one, ever. But, ever the happy warrior, I'm happy to soldier on!!! LOL!!!
Those of you who are connoisseurs of gay cinema are likely familiar with the Canadian director, Bruce LaBruce, a quite unusual auteur, who has written and directed a number of feature-films upon extremely transgressive subjects. And some of these films are quite disturbing, in both their imagery, and import. His whole cinematic career has been about the breaking, of taboos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_LaBruce
Quite recently, Mr. 'LaBruce' has released what some critics have described as the sweetest, gentlest, least sexually graphic, and most ROMANTIC film of his career, Gerontophilia ~ which some have described as a gay version of Harold and Maude: a superb movie, which I imagine some of you have chanced to see.
I haven't seen it yet, but, it is all about a young straight guy, 18 years old, who at some odd point discovers that he is EXTREMELY ATTRACTED to much, much, older men. (In this case, men in their 80's.) As always, LaBruce takes the paradigm, to an extreme. Here is the director, talking about the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rolJzXToOS8
And here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsajwxEYSxQ
I thought some of the forumites might be interested in this, because, I for one, have a b/f who is quite a bit younger than I am (I'm almost 50; he's in his late 20's). . . and many of us love and appreciate men who are in their 20's, while we are. . . a bit further on, in life! But, in the director's words, the scandal of this movie is that there IS no scandal ~ and that, sometimes, people who are quite a bit older, and quite a bit younger, CAN, in fact, love one other: both emotionally, and romantically and physically, also.
I'm not seeking to "stir the pot", and I'm not seeking comments. This movie is rated "R", was shown at the Venice film-festival, and I don't imagine it will cause anyone's acid-reflux to act up. Variety actually thought it was way too TAME. But I thought the subject was interesting, and the star CUTE, and so - - - I thought you might like to know about it!!!
That's all.
"A" XOXOXOXOXOXO
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Well - I will say this past week on the forum, hasn't been my pleasantest one, ever. But, ever the happy warrior, I'm happy to soldier on!!! LOL!!!
Those of you who are connoisseurs of gay cinema are likely familiar with the Canadian director, Bruce LaBruce, a quite unusual auteur, who has written and directed a number of feature-films upon extremely transgressive subjects. And some of these films are quite disturbing, in both their imagery, and import. His whole cinematic career has been about the breaking, of taboos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_LaBruce
Quite recently, Mr. 'LaBruce' has released what some critics have described as the sweetest, gentlest, least sexually graphic, and most ROMANTIC film of his career, Gerontophilia ~ which some have described as a gay version of Harold and Maude: a superb movie, which I imagine some of you have chanced to see.
I haven't seen it yet, but, it is all about a young straight guy, 18 years old, who at some odd point discovers that he is EXTREMELY ATTRACTED to much, much, older men. (In this case, men in their 80's.) As always, LaBruce takes the paradigm, to an extreme. Here is the director, talking about the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rolJzXToOS8
And here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsajwxEYSxQ
I thought some of the forumites might be interested in this, because, I for one, have a b/f who is quite a bit younger than I am (I'm almost 50; he's in his late 20's). . . and many of us love and appreciate men who are in their 20's, while we are. . . a bit further on, in life! But, in the director's words, the scandal of this movie is that there IS no scandal ~ and that, sometimes, people who are quite a bit older, and quite a bit younger, CAN, in fact, love one other: both emotionally, and romantically and physically, also.
I'm not seeking to "stir the pot", and I'm not seeking comments. This movie is rated "R", was shown at the Venice film-festival, and I don't imagine it will cause anyone's acid-reflux to act up. Variety actually thought it was way too TAME. But I thought the subject was interesting, and the star CUTE, and so - - - I thought you might like to know about it!!!
That's all.
"A" XOXOXOXOXOXO
![Gerontophilia 001.jpg Gerontophilia 001.jpg](https://discussions.brokestraightboys.com/data/attachments/10/10316-64b02a4da5223f2fbfad02df59e4f5cb.jpg)
![Gerontophilia 002.jpg Gerontophilia 002.jpg](https://discussions.brokestraightboys.com/data/attachments/10/10318-ab42fabb6a521692758ee51766c0edea.jpg)
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