The Silver Screen - Color Me Lavender (1997)
Sexual references
| Director: | Mark Rappaport |
| Actor: | Dan Butler |
From the ground breaking director of Rock Hudson's Home Movies. Mark Rappaport takes us on a hilarious and provocative romp through the hidden and not so hidden gay undercurrents of Hollywood's Golden Years. Dan Butler (Frasier) acts as tour guide as he uncovers, despite efforts to launder American cinema of even the faintest traces of gay influences, Hollywood's squeamish fascination with gay eroticism and camp. Through the use of ingenious film clips along with Rappaport's signature witty insights, The Silver Screen - Colour me Lavender brilliantly uncovers the unmistakable homoerotic flirtations and the ambiguous behaviour that richly imbued the performances of Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Cary Grant, and other film legends. This is a rich and funny meditation on American sexual identity, film history, and culture that will change the way you look at butch westerns or the campy charades of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in their 'buddy' movies forever.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 100mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
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Purplesue
says
Certainly not what I was expecting. I thought this might delve into modern day actors that are gay, not old ones that are long since dead & buried! Very disappointed.
gordie
says
Absolute crap! What was a good premise, turned into a talk fest of innuendo and supposition. Some of the clips are from great movies, and the makers were busting a gut trying to find some homoerotic undertones, which were just not there when taken in context. A wholly wasted effort.
Ed
says
Interesting but not enough going for it. I persevered until the end but really wanted it to finish earlier.