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Fav Gay Film Directors

Is there a (gay) director whose films particularly marked you?

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Permalink Reply by CestLaVie on April 20, 2011 at 8:04pm

I have 3 names coming to mind:

Jean Cocteau off course for directring, among others, Beauty and the Beast, Les Parents Terribles and Orpheus. Note that all 3 movies were played by his real life lover – Jean Marais.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder for classic movies such as The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lili Marleen as well as for other 'not for the faint of heart' realizations.
And finally, my favorite director for some time, Pedro Almodóvar (above picture).

Permalink Reply by funesthememorious on April 21, 2011 at 3:54am

Was Hector Babenco ( Kiss Of The Spiderwoman ) gay?

Permalink Reply by CestLaVie on April 21, 2011 at 4:19am

I don't know if he is (I believe he's still alive)... it is for sure one of his favorite topics.

Kiss of the Spider Woman - What a great movie that is! Makes me want to watch it again now that you mentioned it...

Permalink Reply by Angharad on April 21, 2011 at 7:41am

Great topic, CLV! Thank you for this!

I don't know about Babenco either. His filmography is certainly full of gay-themed films, but one can't assume...

Derek Jarman, English film director, stage designer, and author, is interesting. So many of his films are controversial--All are innovative in some way.

Sebastiane

Permalink Reply by J Lee S on April 21, 2011 at 9:31am

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Potter

Loved Orlando.

Permalink Reply by Angharad on April 21, 2011 at 5:25pm

Great movie! I can still see so many of the images. Tilda Swinton turns me on as an actress.

Permalink Reply by J Lee S on April 21, 2011 at 8:38pm

Yes, the images.Her as Him as her sitting and leaning against a tree sticks in my mind. Tilda did a movie with Ewan McGregor, she was the wife of a man that ran a boat up and down lochs and Ewan was a hired hand. Quiet movie, but compelling story. Me likey Tilda.

Permalink Reply by Suuse on May 3, 2011 at 5:28pm