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It’s grainy, faded, and, given the clip is now 125 years old, more than a short-lived worse for wear. But this terse footage is not so ancient that you can’t clearly make out two men, waltzing together, as a third man plays a violin in the background. It was an experimental compact made by William Dickson, designed to test syncing up moving pictures to prerecorded sound, a system that he and Thomas Edison were developing famous as the Kinetophone. It’s known as “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film,” and dates back to 1895, the alike year movies were born. While there’s nothing to outright suggest that these men were romantically involved or attracted to each other during the roughly 20-second length of their pas de deux, there is nothing that contradicts that notion either. It’s considered by many to be one of the first examples of gay imagery in film, and a reminder that lgbtq+ representation has been with the medium from the very beginning.
That clip appears in The Celluloid Closet, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s documentary based on Vito Russo’s investigate of homosexuality in the movies, along with
Attention uniform lovers! 5 irresistible military gay films here for you
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One of the reasons why military gay films are irresistible to people is that the audience, gay or not, can relate to the struggles of the protagonists. On GagaOOLala, we have specifically hand-picked 5 military gay movies for you, transporting you to oppressive contexts where the most stunning love stories blossom with these gorgeous characters.
One Summer Night
Winter, 2013, Yong-Joon and Jae-Sung are North Korean soldiers. They are having sex at an outpost near the DMZ line. A senior soldier catches them in the do. Yong-Joon decides to flee to South Korea, leaving Jae-Sung behind.
Two years later in South Korea, Yong-Joon dates Tae-Kyu, but he misses his country of North Korea. One day, Jae-Sung flees to South Korea. Yong-Joon is conflicted between his former partner Jae-Sung and his current lover Tae-Kyu.
Canary
★ 7.9 IMDb score, Rotten Tomatoes 100% score! ★
★ "This surprisingly fun musical examines the effects of nationalism on a tender soul, and the bond of brotherhood among misfits."- Jude Dry, IndieWire ★
When Johan Niemand gets cal
World War II has provided the historical backdrop for movies and television shows spanning the gamut of genres from romance to zombie horror and even dark comedy à la Inglourious Basterds (2009).
But its predecessor, the Wonderful War, has only more recently begun getting its due in terms of modern-day blockbusters intended to chronicle its many aspects. One such movie that will do just that is The History of Sound.
The feature, a romance, will be based on the short story by Ben Shattuck, which won a Pushcart Prize.
The plot of the original message focuses on two young men, Lionel and David, who begin recording the stories and songs of contemporary Americans during the war on phonograph cylinders. There is to be an element of romance in what the film’s director called a “snatched, short-lived moment in their fresh lives.”
“I instantly fell in love with Ben Shattuck’s flawlessly beautiful short story and knew I had to be involved in its journey to the screen,” director Oliver Hermanus said in a statement to Variety. “This is an unexpected love story that needs to be told — it is a journey through the life of America, across the 20th century and the traditi
Gay soldier movies and TV shows
Genre:Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country:UK, China, USA, Taiwan
Duration:113 min.
Story:19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Style: idea provoking, bleak, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot: post traumatic stress disorder, american football, iraq war, flashback, thanksgiving, cheerleader, military, mission, soldier, war veteran, hostile takeover, patriotism ...
Time: year 2016, year 1937, 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, texas, baghdad iraq, montana ...