Best Lesbıan Fılms?

[Flashman]

I blame the director then because whilst I don't expect lasses licking each other aht, I certainly expect more than a peck on the cheek or a "look" which is all we got in FGTatWSC; the undertones and subtly were too buried, for me the film is about friendship, racism and "The Change".

If it's a lesbian love story film one.

 

[phildwyer]

Most famously in Ben Hur? The 'in every way' scene between Hur and Masada?!

Exactly. Vidal was very funny about this in an interview I saw: "We thought it best not to tell Chuck..."

 

[mentalchik]

And as for my big head, I guess I am what I am. Was what I said conceited? One thing I know, discussing here over the past few years, has made me reassess a lot of ideas I'd safely tucked away as accepted truths. I think at some age, there's a tendency to believe you've thought about a lot of things, and the answers you came to are nicely pigeonholed, to be brought out when necessary. I think I was getting there, maybe.

But being here, having my ideas constantly challenged, has meant that I've had to keep thinking about a lot of these things. For me, it's been an invaluable experience.

I don't quite want to fossilize in place just yet.

No you plonker i meant you will have a big head with all the people bigging you up ! IYSWIM !

 

[sojourner]

Yep. As I said earlier, the same is true of "Thelma and Louise" too. They couldn't explicitly show them actually having sex in a mainstream movie twenty years ago, but they sure as hell communicated it implicitly.

From the very beginning Hollywood invented an entire Gay Code to communicate that same-sex relationships were going on without actually showing it. Usually only gay people would pick up on the signs. Gore Vidal was a particularly witty practitioner of this art.

I don't think it is true of Thelma and Louise. It's a girl-buddy-road movie

 

[sojourner]

I blame the director then because whilst I don't expect lasses licking each other aht, I certainly expect more than a peck on the cheek or a "look" which is all we got in FGTatWSC; the undertones and subtly were too buried, for me the film is about friendship, racism and "The Change".

If it's a lesbian love story film one.

Lovely turn of phrase you have there!

Start with the character of Idgie - a tomboy, who develops a strong affection/attraction for Ruth. Goes out of her way to impress her, then later you can see the hurt in her eyes when they're sat at the lake and Ruth talks about marriage - the tension is massive. Look at how Idgie reacts to Frank, and then eventually whisks Ruth away from him to live with her. That food fight in the kitchen - my god, I got goosebumps watching that! And how Idgie disposes of Frank!! 'That' scene with Ruth and the end of her illness - gutwrenching.

And yes although Idgie did end up getting married, she was in a time and a place that almost forced her into that situation. An awful lot of lesbians end up in ideologically-arranged marriages, if you know what I mean.

 

[phildwyer]

An awful lot of lesbians end up in ideologically-arranged marriages, if you know what I mean.

This is true. Worse yet, many Lesbians actually end up having their original sexuality warped by ideological pressure to the extent that they really do become heterosexual. This does not happen to the same degree with gay men, which may well account for their greater numbers relative to Lesbians.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

This is true. Worse yet, many Lesbians actually end up having their original sexuality warped by ideological pressure to the extent that they really do become heterosexual. This does not happen to the same degree with gay men, which may well account for their greater numbers relative to Lesbians.

I hope you don't mind my saying so, but I think this is a huge crock.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Heavenly Creatures.

one of my all-time favorites!

 

[phildwyer]

I hope you don't mind my saying so, but I think this is a huge crock.

What is? The idea that Lesbians sometimes become heterosexual as a result of social/ideological pressure, or the idea that this happens to Lesbians more often than to gay men?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

What is? The idea that Lesbians sometimes become heterosexual as a result of social/ideological pressure, or the idea that this happens to Lesbians more often than to gay men?

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[phildwyer]

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I think it does. I think there are greater social/ideological pressures on women to marry than there are on men. And anyway, how else would you account for the fact that there are more gay men than Lesbians?

 

[Autonomous]

Jenna Loves Bella is my favourite lesbian film.






...sorry...

 

[Annierak]

What is? The idea that Lesbians sometimes become heterosexual as a result of social/ideological pressure, or the idea that this happens to Lesbians more often than to gay men?

Lesbians can't BECOME heterosexual ya knob

 

[phildwyer]

Lesbians can't BECOME heterosexual ya knob

Why not? Heterosexuals can become Lesbian, so why not vice versa?

 

[Annierak]

Why not? Heterosexuals can become Lesbian, so why not vice versa?

Oh i can't be bothered....you just make me laugh .

Just one question....Tom Robinson, do you think he's a heterosexual because he married a woman?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

And anyway, how else would you account for the fact that there are more gay men than Lesbians?

There are about a million other ways to account for the fact.

That is really bad logic there, dude.

 

[phildwyer]

Just one question....Tom Robinson, do you think he's a heterosexual because he married a woman?

Definitely not. I saw him play at an Offline last year, and he was giving me the eye all night.

 

[Annierak]

Definitely not. I saw him play at an Offline last year, and he was giving me the eye all night.