Oh I did not expect to "watch" the movie with you guys and that was fantastic! I can't wait to see where you guys take this! This was a fantastic film (what I saw of it here) and the conversation was good. I can't wait to hear you guys riff on this topic!
Thank you for the thoughtful discussion of the film! I think it is very much a product of its time, but still beautiful to watch today, because the interactions between the boys feel so natural and positive that you can easily get lost in it, even if the ending feels kind of unreal. Then again, creating a social utopia very much fits into the timeframe back then. It definitely has a very liberating mood and comes without the heaviness of today's culture. I think its relaxed approach to showing the human body and s*x*ality is even more progressive when viewed today. I also appreciate that you talked about the political aspects of the film which are sometimes overlooked but were also part of the youth movement at the time, like voting rights for young people and ideas about collective action and anti-authoritarianism.
Oh I did not expect to "watch" the movie with you guys and that was fantastic! I can't wait to see where you guys take this! This was a fantastic film (what I saw of it here) and the conversation was good. I can't wait to hear you guys riff on this topic!
Thanks! We get better at it with each episode, I promise! 😂
Thank you for the thoughtful discussion of the film!
I think it is very much a product of its time, but still beautiful to watch today, because the interactions between the boys feel so natural and positive that you can easily get lost in it, even if the ending feels kind of unreal. Then again, creating a social utopia very much fits into the timeframe back then. It definitely has a very liberating mood and comes without the heaviness of today's culture. I think its relaxed approach to showing the human body and s*x*ality is even more progressive when viewed today.
I also appreciate that you talked about the political aspects of the film which are sometimes overlooked but were also part of the youth movement at the time, like voting rights for young people and ideas about collective action and anti-authoritarianism.
My favorite horror podcasters collaborating on Queer cinema 🎉🎉🎉
So with the time difference between your locations, when are you two recording this?!
Friday afternoons in Canada and evenings in the UK - it's become a tradition!