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...”

Patrik-Ian Polk (writer-director, NOAH’S ARC: JUMPING THE BROOM)

Posted on October 20, 2008  | Filed Under VIP Q Movie Pick

“Well, my favorite film is MAHOGANY starring the inimitable Diana Ross as a supermodel turned fashion designer and Anthony Perkins as the impotent fashion photographer who desires her but can’t get it up (hmmm, I wonder why). It’s not a gay movie in an overt way, but with Diana Ross, Tony Perkins, lots of soapy melodrama, amazing fashions (designed by Miss Ross herself!!!) and that song (Do you know where you’re going to…) — this movie is any gay man’s fantasy. Who wouldn’t want to be plucked from obscurity in the ghettos of Chicago to become the toast of the fashion world?

If I have to pick an overtly gay movie favorite, it would be a toss-up between LILIES by Canadian out filmmaker John Greyson — a sumptuous feast of a film, gorgeously shot and avant-garde in the coolest way, MY LIFE IN PINK (Ma Vie En Rose) — the European tale of a kid who wants to be a girl or EDWARD II — another avant-garde, ultra hip reinvention of a theatre classic. Oh, there’s also CHOCOLATE BABIES — out gay black filmmaker Stephen Winters‘ hilarious and poignant renegade comedy about a band of HIV-positive black queens practicing HIV activist terrorism in New York City. A little-known but must-see indie classic!”

Pre-order the DVD of Patrik’s new movie, NOAH’S ARC: JUMPING THE BROOM! Or get your hands on the Season One or Season Two DVDs of Patrik’s popular TV series, NOAH’S ARC.

    


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