new avant-garde mass culture. Anger particularly highlights the deviance of the youth in relation with the biker masculine subculture with underlying homoeroticism, the persistence of fascism and massages obtained from iconography. While the film has no narrative nor clear characters, there is an impression of forward progression that is accompanied with rock and roll soundtrack. Speaking of the feeling of progression, there is a constant movement in the film: preparation, getting ready for an event, motivation, ascendance. The title of the movie is directly associated with the Scorpio zodiac sign according to Anger. It stands for sex organs and machinery pointing towards the mechanical a sexual content but also dominance and power demanding fear and respect. Scorpio Rising is characterized heavily with appearances …show more content…
The metaphor serves to show how hard is for a biker to create a self image of heavy masculinity. In the following scene the biker’s preparation for the event is presented with extended montage focusing on the outfit uniformity. One cyclist is topless and is leaning forward to the crotch of the other biker as he closes his pants. The uniformity in appearance defines the “gang” and is achieved by cutting from one biker to another showing scenes how they are dressing. The ritual of the dressing portrays the campness of the gang which is otherwise characterized as hyper masculine by the society. The impression of homoeroticism is built by showing in close-ups naked chests and crotches of the bikers as well as their excessiveness in jewelry and leather involving themes of S&M. This kind of obvious implication of homosexuality which was illegal at that time made this film to stand out as the first, pioneer gay
In this story, Boyle uses many symbols to create the theme. The individual vehicles are each symbols in the portion of the story that they appear. For example, early in the story, the narrator describes the car they drive to Greasy Lake as an old station wagon, obviously not the “ride” of a true tough-guy. When the boys arrive at Greasy Lake, a “chopper” is parked on the shore, and next to it is a 57 Chevy (Boyle 113). Both of the vehicles are hotrods that imply a “greasy” image. The Chevy owner is a tough muscular character who beats the stuff out of the narrator and his friends. The biker, whom is regarded as a bad older character, is dangerous by stereotype alone. Consequently, the vehicles are representative of the individuals who drove them. Another symbol of the danger the young men face is Greasy Lake itself. Dark, murky cold and disquieting, every aspect of it spells danger. Its glass-strewn sho...
What I’ve noticed in the film is that the two main characters fit two standard archetypes of gay men. One who welcomes their sexuallity and one suppresses it. Ennis Del Mar is a man who before the story started was engaged to a woman named Alma. When Ennis and Jack begin their sexual relationship and Ennis tells Jack that he wasn’t queer,
You can see immediately why Hollywood took this film to their heart. Hey, it's about ISSUES! But in typical Hollywood fashion, they can't resist the temptation to dumb the issue down to make it easier to sell. It's a difficult thing sometimes, criticising a film like 'Philadelphia' as it leaves the critic open to accusations of homophobia themselves, but 'Philadelphia' patronises the homosexual community so much, it's like an instruction video for schoolkids "Listen kids - gays are people too, you know?".
Released in 1994, 14 years into the AIDS epidemic, the film had a phenomenal response around the world and in Australia. Travelling from Sydney, the three main characters, played by Hugo Weaving, Guy Peirce and Terrance Stamp, travel to Alice Springs for a cabaret show hosted by Mitzi’s wife. The audience is positioned to sympathise with the main characters during their hardships, and good times. The movie confronts different types of masculinity in an extreme environment. The film presents the stereotypical behavior of gay men that is evident in our society.
... homosexual being felt in the world around the 1970’s and 1980’s. The time period in which this play was written was one of great dissonance to the LGBT movement. For Harvey Fierstein to be so bold and public with his own lifestyle was truly admirable and brave. Fierstein shows us that ignorance can destroy a life because of what is unknown.
Sexual conduct before marriage, outside of marriage, along with passionate kissing, especially in public was considered forbidden and highly inappropriate. However, this film was one of the first films to highlight these actions rather than hide them. Throughout the film, Tom and Matt try to pick up women in restaurants, and even as young children they always flirted with girls on the streets. In some scenes, the audience can clearly notice Tom and Matt having conversations with women in their pajamas. This suggests that they most likely slept with these women the night before. Although appealing to women, Tom and Matt were chased by men as well. The Public Enemy was the first film to introduce ideas of homosexuality. Also, in order to appear more attractive to men, women started to act and dress more provocatively. Young women who embraced these new fashions and urban attitudes during the 1920s were called
Physical violence is also very common behaviour in the movie. For example, the very first scene shows a violent altercation between three soldiers and a gang of local thugs. Physical violence is the fundamental way in which the whole society behaves. The men use it to show that they are “macho,” so they beat up those who are weaker than they are, especially women. For example, Vinnie, the leader of a street gang, physically and verbally harasses a young prostitute named Tralala. In the most violent, nasty, and horrible scene in the movie, Tralala is gang raped and beaten by over a hundred men in a garbage dump. Many of the men in the film are homophobic and sexually insecure, and they act out their hostility and insecurity by beating up gays. They have problems at work and go out on strike. But their strike is full of violent incidents: they get into fist fights, they blow up trucks, they beat up cops. Whenever they have a problem, they use violence to deal with it.
The movie exhibited the time in which it was made. The fifties were a time of glamour, prosperity, and entertainment; people coveted the highest standard of living. The movie presented these similarities in the grandeur of the wardrobe and jewelry that the characters wore. Smoking and drinking was a customary practice in the fifties and in the movie. Men were not the only ones drinking, for women indulged in these habits
Kushner describes a society, not unlike our own society today, that looks down upon gay men and other minorities. By setting the play in the mid 80's, a time when gay-bashing was at its zenith, he is able to capture the prejudice towards homosexuals and all that surrounds it. The early 80's was also the time when AIDS was a new disease being made aware to the mass public for the first time. By setting the story in New York City, a melting pot of different cultures and people, Kushner proves that not just one group of people come in contact with homosexuals. All of these geographical and atmosphirical forces aid in setting the mood of the play. These surroundings drive the characters to act the way they do and make the choices they make.
Although this topic was a small scene in the movie, it still stuck out to the audience. In the movie, a gay football player named “Sunshine” comes to the camp and is immediately stereotyped into being a “hippy”. To counteract this, he decides to kiss another football player, causing a stir in the locker room. The audience has no idea if Sunshine is actually gay or not, but the issue of gay rights was clearly brought up in this scene. During the time period of when the movie took place, gays and lesbians were fighting for equality. They were not treated equally during the 1970’s and wanted to be looked at just like everybody else. Although this is a small part of the larger picture, this event is still important in the development of the movie.
For the purpose of this study, I will critically examine the representation of homosexuality in Hollywood cinema. I will specifically analyse films from the early 90’s to mid 2000’s from ‘Philadelphia’ to ‘Brokeback Mountain’. This dissertation will argue that over the space of 12 years homosexuality has become an acceptable part of cinema. I will look at early Hollywood’s representation of homosexuality depicting how aesthetically so much has changed. The current paper will predominantly focus on the two films ‘Philadelphia’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’, by critically analysing the aesthetic differences between each film as well as their overall importance to gay culture.
To this day Rope, Alfred Hitchcock’s first color film, remains one of the most original motion picture dramas. With the exception of the opening credits, Rope was shot on one individual set located within a soundstage, similar to as if a play was being performed on stage. Despite the confined space the film occupied, the atmospheric anxiety carried on up until the very end. Furthermore, Hitchcock successfully created a deception, of the same repetitive shot. Nonetheless, during the one hundred and eight minute film, it’s hard not to notice the closeness Phillip and Brandon shared sexually together, making them homosexuals.
The video starts of by using biographical criticism. The narrator states, “From the guy who made Batman comics cool again and the guy who’ll probably make Batman movies suck again.” The narrator starts of by introducing the directors of the film. He criticizes the directors based on their past work. Another form of criticism used is Jungian & Myth criticism. The narrator states, “...With mutant Persian goat men...” The goat shown in the video will be part of mythology in this case. The type of criticism that appeared the most was Gender Studies and Queer Theory. The narrator states, “Full of homoerotic undertones like men wearing thongs, men getting speared with phallic objects, men holding hands, men holding men tenderly from behind…” All of the scenes appear to demonstrate homosexuality or implying homosexuality. “Homosexual behavior has always existed, and was accepted throughout the ancient world; Greek kings and Roman emperors all engaged in it” (Lehrman). Homosexuality has always been around. The film “300” is an example how long it has been around. People usually feel uncomfortable around homosexual people but the way the film is organized makes it hard to catch it. It would require more
But things were slowly evolving in the movies. Independent films had been featuring gays and lesbians as main characters, depicting real life and real relationships. Armistead Maupin’s Tales of The City revolved around a homo-hetero pairing.
...Brokeback Mountain” is allowed to defy the societal term we know as homosexuality, in regards to masculinity.