Impish
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Clasificación de Impish
I watched "Chuck and Buck" last night for the first time.
The DVD cover presents this film as a comedy, but I found it deeply disturbing. It was actually hard for me to make my way through it... I was constantly tempted to skip scenes or stop the movie altogether. I didn't do either.
First, the good: the performance of Mike White, playing Buck, is truly amazing. You never catch him "acting," he has become Buck to a degree that's a bit scary. The soundtrack includes some great music. The production values are better than average and far beyond other low-budget indies.
The problem for me was the view it takes of gay people: the "arrested development" theory, the "they never grew up" bit. I understand that Buck is a single individual and I shouldn't over-generalize in this regard. But Buck is the only gay person we meet in the film, there is no gay or lesbian character in the script that would counter Buck's immaturity, to show he's as much an oddball to the gay community as he is to the straight.
And Buck is an extreme example. I read some of the comments on IMDb, who talk about Buck's "innocence." Innocence, my ass. Excuse my un-PC language: Buck is socially retarded to a degree that loses all charm and likability. Yes, he has the mental ability of an eight year old, and the concept has the potential to show a charming innocence. But Buck was and is an unlikeable 8-year old. I kept thinking that the screenplay would show us more about Buck so that viewers could come to care about him. All the screenplay is able to show is that he has no skills, no talent, no redeeming features. He's a one-dimensional character, striking the same note again and again, and I couldn't stand him, from beginning to end.
So here's a well-made film that includes an stunningly good performance, but its story is about a character that I wish I had never met, and certainly one I don't want representing gay people.
The DVD cover presents this film as a comedy, but I found it deeply disturbing. It was actually hard for me to make my way through it... I was constantly tempted to skip scenes or stop the movie altogether. I didn't do either.
First, the good: the performance of Mike White, playing Buck, is truly amazing. You never catch him "acting," he has become Buck to a degree that's a bit scary. The soundtrack includes some great music. The production values are better than average and far beyond other low-budget indies.
The problem for me was the view it takes of gay people: the "arrested development" theory, the "they never grew up" bit. I understand that Buck is a single individual and I shouldn't over-generalize in this regard. But Buck is the only gay person we meet in the film, there is no gay or lesbian character in the script that would counter Buck's immaturity, to show he's as much an oddball to the gay community as he is to the straight.
And Buck is an extreme example. I read some of the comments on IMDb, who talk about Buck's "innocence." Innocence, my ass. Excuse my un-PC language: Buck is socially retarded to a degree that loses all charm and likability. Yes, he has the mental ability of an eight year old, and the concept has the potential to show a charming innocence. But Buck was and is an unlikeable 8-year old. I kept thinking that the screenplay would show us more about Buck so that viewers could come to care about him. All the screenplay is able to show is that he has no skills, no talent, no redeeming features. He's a one-dimensional character, striking the same note again and again, and I couldn't stand him, from beginning to end.
So here's a well-made film that includes an stunningly good performance, but its story is about a character that I wish I had never met, and certainly one I don't want representing gay people.
After seeing Brokeback Mountain, I've been adding to my film library more gay-themed films. Because I'm a collector, I've been buying films I haven't seen before.
Some of them are simply awful in their script, acting, and/or direction, but remain in my library because of the "piece of history" they represent. And once in a while, I hit upon a truly outstanding film that surpasses expectations in all these ways.
L'Homme Que J'Aime ("The Man I love") is one such hidden gem. The story is moving, the characters charming, the acting believable, and everything put together by a competent director.
Like Brokeback Mountain, the story involves an ostensibly straight man falling for another man, but this time, the object of his affection is an openly gay man. To Americans, that may seem to stretch the realm of possibility too far. I lived in France for a year, and the plot line seemed perfectly believable to me in the context of French culture. Note also that this film was made for French TV... which tells me that the story was considered "mainstream" enough to be broadcast in France.
This little gem of a movie is available on DVD, and I highly recommend it. In French, with optional English subtitles.
Some of them are simply awful in their script, acting, and/or direction, but remain in my library because of the "piece of history" they represent. And once in a while, I hit upon a truly outstanding film that surpasses expectations in all these ways.
L'Homme Que J'Aime ("The Man I love") is one such hidden gem. The story is moving, the characters charming, the acting believable, and everything put together by a competent director.
Like Brokeback Mountain, the story involves an ostensibly straight man falling for another man, but this time, the object of his affection is an openly gay man. To Americans, that may seem to stretch the realm of possibility too far. I lived in France for a year, and the plot line seemed perfectly believable to me in the context of French culture. Note also that this film was made for French TV... which tells me that the story was considered "mainstream" enough to be broadcast in France.
This little gem of a movie is available on DVD, and I highly recommend it. In French, with optional English subtitles.
