Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Sonia Sebastian’s Girl Seeks Girl (top); Glenn Gaylord’s Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat (middle); Jochen Hick’s The Good American (bottom)
The 2009 edition of the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival runs from Oct. 16-25.
Among the screening films are:
Bette Gordon’s Handsome Harry, starring Jamey Sheridan as a 52-year-old, divorced ex-Navy man who, following an encounter with an old — and dying — Navy buddy (Steve Buscemi), decides to face an uncomfortable issue from his past. Also in the cast: Campbell Scott, Aidan Quinn, Titus Welliver, and John Savage.
Two documentaries on transvestites/transsexuals: Fernanda Tornaghi and Ricardo Bruno’s Queen of Brazil, about the 32-year-old Miss Gay Brasil beauty pageant, and Queens at Heart, about pre-Stonewall transsexuals. According to the festival’s website, "the only remaining print of [Queens at Heart] had been neglected and was badly faded, but thanks to the Outfest Legacy Project, the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is the first festival to show a newly restored 35mm print!"
Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler’s And Then Came Lola, inspired by the German hit Run, Lola, Run. In this San Francisco-set, lesbian version of the story — or rather, stories — Lola (Ashleigh Sumner) is a photographer who has to deliver some prints to her girlfriend (Jill Bennett) way across town. Lola must get there quick, else an alluring seductress may end up getting the girl. Among the “what if?” possibilities are a threesome, meter maid bondage, and anonymous alley sex, which makes this version sound much more interesting than the German original.
Adapted by Tore Renberg from his own novel and directed by Stian Kristiansen, the coming-of-age comedy-drama The Man Who Loved Yngve follows a small-town Norwegian (male) teen who becomes fascinated with a new (male) student at his school. According to the festival’s site, The Man Who Loved Yngve was a major box-office hit in Norway upon its release. Additionally, the film won five Amandas — Norway’s Oscars: best film, best children’s/youth film, best director, and best editing.
Richard Laxton’s An Englishman in New York stars John Hurt as the über-flamboyant Quentin Crisp, described by the festival’s site as "arguably the most colorful, witty, and nonconformist gay figures [sic] of the 20th century." Whether you agree wholeheartedly with that statement or you find it total b.s., John Hurt should make An Englishman in New York — the festival’s opening-night gala event — well worth a look. Hurt, by the way, can also be seen in The Naked Civil Servant, a 1975 movie in which he plays a younger version of Quentin Crisp.
There will also be a West Side Story sing-along for those who are into that sort of stuff. Dunno if that’ll include a dance-along as well.
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Tags: An Englishman in New York, And Then Came Lola, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Handsome Harry, Lesbian Interest, Queen of Brazil, Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, The Man Who Loved Yngve
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I’ve heard that the Lola film is a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see it.
Great that the Seattle people have come up with a world class film festivals.
Fab review Andre, like that they had a West Side Story sing along..
This film better? than “We are the world” and much more truthful :)