Comments on: Dirk Bogarde on TCM http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andre Soareshttp://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/#comment-484576 Andre Soares Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:33:21 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15056#comment-484576 Hi Maria, Bogarde made some nasty anti-Semitic remarks in his letters. (Or at least in one of his letters; now I can't recall how many there were.) I read several that are available online. You should check those out. They're fascinating, even if not necessarily a pleasant read. Hi Maria,
Bogarde made some nasty anti-Semitic remarks in his letters. (Or at least in one of his letters; now I can't recall how many there were.) I read several that are available online. You should check those out. They're fascinating, even if not necessarily a pleasant read.

]]> By: Mariahttp://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/#comment-484575 Maria Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:18:59 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15056#comment-484575 Wonderful article. I'm not at all sure he was anti-Semite, particularly with what he witnessed during the war. The biography by John Coldstream is absolutely brilliant and so beautifully researched. Bogarde's collection of letters are excellent, too, very witty. He lived in England during a very tough time for gays (that's putting it mildly), and as Glynis Johns told Coldstream, he never worked out a lot of his issues. I do love him as an actor. Wonderful article. I'm not at all sure he was anti-Semite, particularly with what he witnessed during the war. The biography by John Coldstream is absolutely brilliant and so beautifully researched. Bogarde's collection of letters are excellent, too, very witty.

He lived in England during a very tough time for gays (that's putting it mildly), and as Glynis Johns told Coldstream, he never worked out a lot of his issues. I do love him as an actor.

]]> By: J.M. Justinhttp://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/#comment-480794 J.M. Justin Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:08:44 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15056#comment-480794 Bogarde wsa really good in victim. He was also fine in Death in Venice. Bogarde wsa really good in victim.
He was also fine in Death in Venice.

]]> By: Andre Soareshttp://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/#comment-480392 Andre Soares Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:18:02 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15056#comment-480392 Thanks for the comment. I was being ironic. But then again, I was also making a point. Those *are* traditional values that are passed on from generation to generation. They have been around for millennia -- and are very much around and bandied about today, even if under different guises. And there are still millions of deeply closeted Dirk Bogardes all over the place thanks to a "traditional value" called anti-gay bigotry. Thanks for the comment.
I was being ironic. But then again, I was also making a point.
Those *are* traditional values that are passed on from generation to generation. They have been around for millennia — and are very much around and bandied about today, even if under different guises.
And there are still millions of deeply closeted Dirk Bogardes all over the place thanks to a "traditional value" called anti-gay bigotry.

]]> By: SWhttp://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/#comment-480375 SW Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:01:56 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15056#comment-480375 Interesting article, but since when are xenophobia, racisim, anti-semitism and colonialism "traditional values?" That line is insulting. There is nothing "traditional" about these abhorrent attitudes. Pervasive values of that day, perhaps. But I'm not even sure I would agree with that. It's a bad line, thrown into the middle of an otherwise interesting article. Thoughtless. You can do better - and should. Interesting article, but since when are xenophobia, racisim, anti-semitism and colonialism "traditional values?" That line is insulting. There is nothing "traditional" about these abhorrent attitudes. Pervasive values of that day, perhaps. But I'm not even sure I would agree with that. It's a bad line, thrown into the middle of an otherwise interesting article. Thoughtless. You can do better – and should.

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