Ferzan Ozpetek, Bruce LaBruce: Outfest 2008, Friday, July 11
by Andre Soares
Synopses from the 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival website.
FRI 7/11 7:00pm
DGA 1
XXY
International Dramatic Feature
(Argentina, France, 2007, 91 mins)
In Spanish with English subtitles
Directed By: Lucía Puenzo
SCR: Lucía Puenzo
First-time director Lucia Puenzo has crafted an exquisite portrait of a young person struggling to understand gender and sexuality. As if teenage years aren’t hard enough, Alex has the added complication of being intersex, raised as a girl and now being pressured to undergo surgery. She befriends a teenage boy and their blossoming sexuality leads them into confusing, uncharted territory. Set on the picturesque coast of Uruguay, XXY is a sophisticated film with an emotional resonance and beauty that conveys the importance of freedom of choice.
FRI 7/11 7:00pm
REDCAT
The Monsters in Our Closets: The Secret Gay Archive Exposed
Program Running Time is 90 min
Curated by Nao Bustamante and José Muñoz
This program is an airing of unmentionables. Guest curators Nao Bustamante and José Muñoz have asked a collection of subterranean superstar queer art dilettantes to ransack the darkest corners of their closets and show work that has rarely (or never) been screened. Some of these contributions are shame-laden juvenilia, others are experiments gone horribly wrong while still others are just wack. The cavalcade of images this program presents is a voyage to the even darker side of the queer imagination. Join us for a night of fabulous failure, messianic messiness and distinguished disasters. Come learn exactly what to do wrong from the masters. Featuring films by Cheryl Dunye, Coco Frio, Daniel Eduvijes Carrera, Shari Frilot and Thomas Allen Harris, Sam Green, Silas Howard, Ryan Trecartin, Ela Troyano and a live performance by Carmelita Tropicana and Ela Troyano.
FRI 7/11 7:15pm
Fairfax 2
The New World (Le Nouveau Monde)
International Dramatic Feature
(France, 2007, 90 mins)
In French with English subtitles
Directed By: Etienne Dhaene
Lucie and Marion want to have a baby. They’ve watched their best lesbian friends do it, so it can’t be that hard, can it? From the hunt for sperm to dealing with unusual reactions from family members and friends, they soon feel in over their heads. Just what kind of world will they be bringing their baby into, anyway?
FRI 7/11 9:30pm
REDCAT
Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
International Dramatic Feature
(Germany , Canada, 2007, 95 mins)
In English and German with English subtitles
Directed By: Bruce LaBruce
SCR: Bruce La Bruce
Otto is a handsome, neo-Goth zombie consumed with an identity crisis. He may look and smell like a zombie but he isn’t quite sure… until he’s cast in a movie as a confused zombie! The movie’s director soon decides to profile Otto, while shooting the intended film about a gay zombie revolt. By the climatic, orgiastic scene of this gay zombie masterpiece, Otto’s human emotions finally erupt. Otto is a clever, sexy modern fable about alienation, where even those on the fringe find it hard to resist the pull of the mainstream.
FRI 7/11 9:30pm
DGA 1
Saturn in Opposition (Saturno contro)
International Dramatic Feature
(Italy, 2007, 110 mins)
In Italian with English subtitles
35mm
Directed By: Ferzan Ozpetek
SCR: Ferzan Ozpetek & Gianni Romoli
An understated and moving study of friendship and empathy, Ferzan Ozpetek’s ensemble drama Saturn in Opposition follows the handsome 30-year-old Lorenzo and his close-knit circle of friends. The group’s seemingly idyllic life — filled with dinner parties and vacations across Italy — is turned upside down when one of them is unexpectedly hospitalized. With illuminating performances, Saturn in Opposition is a stunning film that is, at its core, a story about family.
FRI 7/11 9:45pm
Fairfax 1
Secret Screening
Outfest presents a very special uncut, unseen underground screening of a disco vision you won’t want to miss! Set in 1979, New York City. The most glamorous nightclub the world has ever known.The original tale of a bisexual bartender, a busboy and an ambitious coat check girl. We can finally say, "Welcome to the party!"
Note from the Blogger: This is supposed to be a "secret screening," so I’m not going to spoil it. But those interested in unveiling the secret can do an online search for bisexual bartender busboy disco New York 1979 to find out what the movie is.
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