Frameline 2011: Friday
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nakedbeeFrameline 2011: Friday
First full day of movies. Woo hoo! As usual, I'm getting all fired up about someday making my own movie. Film festivals are so inspiring!
Note: plot summaries and promotional images again shamelessly lifted from Frameline. Check out the festival website for more info, including links to the official movie websites.
Celebrating the Life of Del Martin
Celebrate the life and legacy of Del Martin in Debra Chasnoff’s newest documentary. Whether or not you were at City Hall on the momentous day of Martin’s civil memorial service, this film shares the eloquence and joy of the event. Starting with a processional from Sistah Boom, this extraordinary event almost captures the spirit of this extraordinary individual.
This video of the memorial service really demonstrated how a community honors the memory of a leader. Extremely moving. My favorite anecdote was the comparison of police interactions with Del in 1959 versus today:
1959: Police are called out to investigate the first public lesbian convention … "there might be women wearing men's clothing! oh noes!" and are sent home with Del's home phone number "in case they have any questions"
2008: Memorial starts with a formal color guard procession composed of representatives from the SF police, sheriff, and firefighters. An awesome visual embodiment of Del's legacy.
Blokes shorts program
Frameline’s annual collection of polished short films about young gay men—and their angst. One-sided affection, hookups, and unexpected encounters make for a compelling and unforgettable shorts program.
Spring
A sadomasochistic adventure between two men starts off as a sexual thrill, but the encounter ends up having different expectations for them both.
Extremely hot! Excellently captured the tension / anxiety / thrill of a first sexual encounter with a stranger. Dark at times but ultimately joyous.
Blokes
A young boy in a tenement complex in Chile cannot get any privacy at home, especially as he yearns for the soccer-playing neighbor across the way.
Our main character is oblivious to the armed conflict in the region as he perves on his crush; surreal in a very realistic way.
Triple Standard
A homophobic ex basketball star is forced to face the reality that he is gay in Triple Standard.
Tell it, brother! A guy calls his partner on his homophobic bullshit and actually gets listened to. Woo hoo!
Weekend
Two unlikely companions spend the weekend talking, having sex, drinking and taking drugs; they challenge each other’s delicately protected zone of comfort. From bedroom to bar, they can’t ignore the intimate connection that’s pulling each closer to the other. But they know the weekend will eventually come to an end. Will their newfound love reach a similar fate?
High production values, intensely satisfying deep conversations, and (no matter what the director said afterwards) a fuck-ton of drug use. The film managed to give the main characters two very different and specific personalities, portrayed with subtlety and honesty.
I Am
Award-winning lesbian filmmaker Sonali Gulati returns to her hometown of New Delhi, India, to clean out her mother's estate and make peace with the parent she never came out to. In her meditative and personal new documentary, Gulati interviewed twenty-one Indian families over the course of five years to unravel the intricacies and difficulties of coming out in India.
Awesome coming out stories from gays and lesbians in India. The documentary is exceptionally well-crafted and tremendously moving.
Bite Marks
From cheeky opening credits to deep Southern accents, Bite Marks is a delightful vampire buddy comedy with a witty script and a cute cast. Irreverence never looked so tasty.
Cute low-fi horror comedy. A pair of gay hitchhikers and the bi-curious truck driver who picks them up battle a horde of vampires in an Indiana junkyard! A cracky delight!
First full day of movies. Woo hoo! As usual, I'm getting all fired up about someday making my own movie. Film festivals are so inspiring!
Note: plot summaries and promotional images again shamelessly lifted from Frameline. Check out the festival website for more info, including links to the official movie websites.
Celebrating the Life of Del Martin
Celebrate the life and legacy of Del Martin in Debra Chasnoff’s newest documentary. Whether or not you were at City Hall on the momentous day of Martin’s civil memorial service, this film shares the eloquence and joy of the event. Starting with a processional from Sistah Boom, this extraordinary event almost captures the spirit of this extraordinary individual.
This video of the memorial service really demonstrated how a community honors the memory of a leader. Extremely moving. My favorite anecdote was the comparison of police interactions with Del in 1959 versus today:
1959: Police are called out to investigate the first public lesbian convention … "there might be women wearing men's clothing! oh noes!" and are sent home with Del's home phone number "in case they have any questions"
2008: Memorial starts with a formal color guard procession composed of representatives from the SF police, sheriff, and firefighters. An awesome visual embodiment of Del's legacy.
Blokes shorts program
Frameline’s annual collection of polished short films about young gay men—and their angst. One-sided affection, hookups, and unexpected encounters make for a compelling and unforgettable shorts program.
Spring
A sadomasochistic adventure between two men starts off as a sexual thrill, but the encounter ends up having different expectations for them both.
Extremely hot! Excellently captured the tension / anxiety / thrill of a first sexual encounter with a stranger. Dark at times but ultimately joyous.
Blokes
A young boy in a tenement complex in Chile cannot get any privacy at home, especially as he yearns for the soccer-playing neighbor across the way.
Our main character is oblivious to the armed conflict in the region as he perves on his crush; surreal in a very realistic way.
Triple Standard
A homophobic ex basketball star is forced to face the reality that he is gay in Triple Standard.
Tell it, brother! A guy calls his partner on his homophobic bullshit and actually gets listened to. Woo hoo!
Weekend
Two unlikely companions spend the weekend talking, having sex, drinking and taking drugs; they challenge each other’s delicately protected zone of comfort. From bedroom to bar, they can’t ignore the intimate connection that’s pulling each closer to the other. But they know the weekend will eventually come to an end. Will their newfound love reach a similar fate?
High production values, intensely satisfying deep conversations, and (no matter what the director said afterwards) a fuck-ton of drug use. The film managed to give the main characters two very different and specific personalities, portrayed with subtlety and honesty.
I Am
Award-winning lesbian filmmaker Sonali Gulati returns to her hometown of New Delhi, India, to clean out her mother's estate and make peace with the parent she never came out to. In her meditative and personal new documentary, Gulati interviewed twenty-one Indian families over the course of five years to unravel the intricacies and difficulties of coming out in India.
Awesome coming out stories from gays and lesbians in India. The documentary is exceptionally well-crafted and tremendously moving.
Bite Marks
From cheeky opening credits to deep Southern accents, Bite Marks is a delightful vampire buddy comedy with a witty script and a cute cast. Irreverence never looked so tasty.
Cute low-fi horror comedy. A pair of gay hitchhikers and the bi-curious truck driver who picks them up battle a horde of vampires in an Indiana junkyard! A cracky delight!