I know I’m a little behind the curve in posting this news report, but it does have some brief clips from gay Indian movie Dunno Y … Na Jaane Kyun, released last Friday.
And if anyone knows who the reformed criminal “Homer Sexuality” is and why he’s being portrayed on film, please fill us in.
Set pics from I Was A Teenage Werebear
These pics are from the set of a short horror film spoof called ‘I Was A Teenage Werebear’. It will eventually form one quarter of anthology movie Chillerama.
This segment is directed by gay filmmaker (and judge on VH1′s Scream Queens), Tim Sullivan. His horror movies always have a high stud quota, but this is apparently his first to go all-out gay.
From the second pic it looks like we can expect a little Scream homage; and, no, that’s not Brent Corrigan in the chair, although it does so look like him.
Other films in the anthology include Wadzilla, where a trip to the clinic results in a giant, killer sperm for one reproductively challenged guy, and The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein.
Controversial Indian movie Dunno Y… Na Jaane Kyun (lazily labelled ‘Bollywood’s Brokeback’) opens today in its native country and the Indian critics haven’t been kind, a common gripe being its English dialogue – the filmmakers clearly looking more towards a gay-friendly, Western audience.
This traditionally fashioned love story between a young, male model and a closeted family man was written by debutant actor Kapil Sharma. He described this week how he’s been under police protection since the movie become headline news and he started receiving threatening letters. He also told Rediff.com that in order to prepare for the role of the gay husband he “researched the lives of gays on the Internet” – got to be the best excuse for looking at gay porn I’ve ever heard!
While in Melbourne, Australia, now that all the PR fuss has long since evaporated over the screening of L.A. Zombie at the city’s Underground Film Festival in August, local police chose yesterday to raid the home of the festival’s director. Understandably he has some beef with the cops who may still charge him.
Despite the critical mauling and dodgy 3D conversion of last Summer’s Clash Of The Titans movie, Warner Bros. are pushing ahead with a sequel titled ‘Wrath Of The Titans’ and they want two gay faves to star in it.
James Franco (Milk, Howl) is being lined up to play Agenor, the king of Tyre and great-grandson of Uranus, who’s daughter is abducted by Zeus, while Javier Bardem (Second Skin, Before Night Falls) is down to play Ares, the god of war. Zeus was played in the last movie by Liam Neeson.
While we can’t hope for very much homoeroticism in a teen-skewered Summer blockbuster, it’s surprising just how much gay stuff went on between those Olympian muscle men in Greek mythology (or perhaps it isn’t). Zeus himself had a bit on the side – his ‘cup bearer’ Ganymede, who was a bit of a hottie by all accounts. Zeus turned himself into an eagle to capture the beautiful male mortal who he then put to work as a kind of scantily clad house-boy.
As for Franco, after his recent magazine cover shoot for Candy I think he’d have more fun playing Dionysus, the god of transvestites.
While we wait for Wrath Of The Titans to arrive in 2012, here’s a new trailer for next year’s The Eagle, with Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell indulging in some medieval BDSM.
(Dir. Joseph Graham. US, 2010. 93 mins).
It’s down the rabbit hole in this highly recommended gay movie blending influences from David Lynch, My Own Private Idaho and Alice In Wonderland into a weird and wonderful one night stand.
The first hurdle Strapped has to clear is how to make something fresh and original out of such a hackneyed gay movie subject: the young hustler. It does this by turning each of his successive tricks into a mysterious piece of a larger puzzle, keeping you hooked until the end.
We are introduced to the handsome hustler played by Ben Bonenfant (we never learn the character’s real name) as he breaks the ice with a nervous and inexperienced male client by relating a shocking personal story, which we later realise is probably fabricated and part of a temporary persona. It does the trick, though, and the client gets a memorable servicing.
Job done, our sexy anti-hero leaves but soon finds himself lost inside a labyrinthine apartment building, its maze of corridors, staircases and dead-ends leading him into a series of profound and sometimes strange encounters which test the man beneath all the masks.
Strapped is a fun movie to watch and writer/director Joseph Graham brings a playful approach to storytelling, making it in turns sexy, funny and thoughtful. The way the film simply moves from one apartment to another is a clever narrative structure which creates anticipation and delivers drama in the details.
Actor Bonenfant gives a stand-out performance as the hustler who subtly alters his personality to fit each client, adding to the intrigue and ensuring we never quite know who this guy is. Strapped also has one of the sexiest scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie – gay or straight.
At one point in the film a worldly-wise character explains the subtle difference between a labyrinth and a maze; a labyrinth treacherously leading to just one, final destination. If you stick with this movie past its early Mad Hatter-esque scenes, you’ll be very glad you did.
Strapped is released on DVD next month.
