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...”
Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman (QUEER AS FOLK)
RON: “My favorite is THE CHILDREN’S HOUR. The screenplay by Lillian Hellmann is a chilling and heartbreaking study of the destructive effects of viciousness and lies, as well as a courageous indictment of the McCarthy Era. Still rather pertinent. The performances by Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine are exquisite. The direction by William Wyler (my favorite director, by the way) is matchless. How typical, and ridiculous, that certain PC people would dismiss it. Their loss.”
DAN: “My favorite Gay film has got to be the original French version of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. Outrageous. Uproarious. And, ultimately, a very moving love story about tolerance and acceptance. With an absolutely sublime, masterful (mistressful?) performance by Michel Serrault. I was especially glad that there were subtitles during the scene where Ugo Tognazzi tries to teach Serrault‘s “Albin/Zaza” how to be butch. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard such screams of laughter in a theatre. It would have drowned out dialogue in any language.”
Discover Ron and Dan’s pioneering gay drama, AN EARLY FROST on DVD today from Wolfe or get your hands on the complete boxed set of their landmark Showtime series, QUEER AS FOLK.
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