VIP Fave Q Movie Pick
Where we ask today’s hottest queer and queer-friendly filmmakers, stars and community leaders to answer the question:
“One of my favorite LGBT movies is...”
Michael Lumpkin (former Frameline fest director)
“I’ll go with SOME LIKE IT HOT. Surprisingly transgressive and made by one of the best directors of all time, Billy Wilder who co-wrote the screenplay with I.A.L. Diamond. Cinematography by Charles Lang. And what a cast! Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Joe E. Brown! I can watch it over and over. “Security!” It’s why I’m gay!”
As the former head of Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival Michael has been championing queer cinema for decades. He was also a co-producer of the groundbreaking documentary THE CELLULOID CLOSET and is now executive director of the International Documentary Association (IDA).
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