The Lavender Lens: 100 Years of Celluloid Queers pt.1

[lorrephile]

Is the $15 DVD simply a conversion of the original VHS release of the film, or is it a newly created DVD at DVD quality?

[WhiteFlowerLei76]

Check out the documentary The Celluloid Closet.

[Sheri451]

I used to wonder if Bugs was a queer and I can't stand The Cowardly Lion.

[elgatonyc]

the guy in the barbers' chair kinda looks like Robert Smith from The Cure

[Scyllax]

The end of "Some Like It Hot": "Nobody's perfect."

[MacMorrighan]

I remember seeing on AMC or some other channel one Samhain a few years back an old ep. of a Hitchcock film where a Gay couple was directly involved in murdering someone and stuffing the body inside a large chest! It was obvious they were Gay from how they spoke to each other, the fact that they were living in the apartment, and there was only ONE bedroom! Can't recall the title of the movie, though. If only he had portrayed us more positively!

[seuzo901]

It's called "Rope"

[MacMorrighan]

Thanks! Hmmm...any thoughts as to why Hitchcock refrained from making this gay couple a hero or victim, instead of the villains?

[MacNair]

"Rope" was based on the real life case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb who were two gay lovers who murdered a fourteen year old boy because of Nietsche's (sp?) "Supermen" theory.

Also, Jimmy Stewart's character in the film was supposed to have had a relationship with the two men according to the filmmakers, but Stewart's performance came off as too much of a detective instead.

[MacMorrighan]

Thanks, but what's the "Supermen" theory? Is it kind of like that modern mental illness where a care taker deliberately harms one in order to try to save them? Can't think of what that's called, now.

[LandonErp]

The Superman/Overman/Ubermensch theory is a big part of the core of Nietzche's philosophy. It's the idea that a truly strong ruler of men would in fact be "Beyond good and evil" and subject to no man's rule save his own.

They were attempting to ascend to the level where they could prove themselves as true Supermen.

[galaxywalker3000]

what nonsense! Of course everyone is gay!! especially the most homophobic ones.

i quote queercat "do straights thinkg everything and everyone is straight?"

[msscott73]

Bugs Bonny is a really good Hair dresser. ha ha ha

[lonelyglen]

What nonsense! The two men dancing were Edison Laboratory employees. They were dancing to make some scene to shoot with their experimental camera!

Do gays think everything and everybody is gay?

[rl876]

yes.

we also think you are gay and so is everyone you know.

all the things you own are gay.

same with the food.

we're just taken over.

watch out.

ppphhhhhffffffffttttttttt

[queercat]

Do straights think everything and everybody is straight?

[vbabe11111]

they say katherine hepburns brother killed himself because he was gay.

[TitsMcGeeBabee]

LAUREL AND HARDY LOL!!!! :P

[Dragon345]

The barber shop clip is really hilarious! And to think it was made about 90 years ago! WOWW! It resfreshing to see the beginning of the subjet in movies.

[labouche66]

The lion in The Wizard of Oz is nowhere near as gay as the tin man!

[bearnurse1]

"and I got a permanent just for the occasion"

Lol

[buddmar]

Just too fabulous, darling! Of course everybody knows Bugs Bunny is gay, just like Snagglepuss is gay and Velma on Scoobie Doo is a lesbian. I didn't know about Gus and Jock. Bert and Ernie must be happy ...

[vbabe11111]

girrrrl don't forget spongebob and patrick!

[rl876]

they broke up.

happened when spongebob got a place in west hollywood and moved out of bikini bottom.

rumor has it he's been seeing david since their first movie together.

patrick can't stop eating.

[europecinema]

Very interesting... Thanks for sharing this!

[farangstar]

we want part 2!!!

[gaydave53]

See the whole video on Google Video

"Lavender Lens: Full Length Version"

[kmillard]

In the "Two Men Dancing" clip at the start, doesn't Thomas Edison himself appear in this clip??

[44371213]

This footage is fabulous, you know I've seen those clips with bugs bunny before and I never noticed how camp he was acting, I suppose it just didn't penetrate my thoughts.

[Phillipa1]

...think I'll stick with "The Celluloid Closet."

[4MaryAnna]

oh my,you said "penetrate",you must be gay.

just like the hidden meaning in a cartoon rabbit trying to trick someone by putting on lipstick...lol

Mary-

[jfulbright]

Jeez! The crap gay people have gone through!

BTW, as a kid, I always thought Bugs Bunny was a sarcastic gay guy. What else could explain his behavior? Bugs is mostly lipstick, bitchiness and smartness? Seems gay to me! If he isn't, he's a woman.

I can relate; I resemble one of the above descriptions to a T.

[kmillard]

Good grief. He's a RABBIT for cripe sakes! Does EVERYTHING have to have some hidden meaning??

[4MaryAnna]

exactly my thoughts too.

Mary-

[sinatraandaerosmith]

As the Alabama footballer said to Bruno, I'm not gay! But great tunes. There is a BBC jazz singer, George Melly, who in 2003 presented a BBC Radio 2 series on straight and non-straight songs from jazz. Funny.

[grandma2000]

this had to be a tremendous amount of work, such great detail. thanks for a very enjoyable 10 minutes

[quasi0]

I love the song

[sayward12]

that's incredible, he looks so much like the real thing!

[sayward12]

is that Chaplin in the barbershop one? For some reason, I think it's an impersonator.

[gaydave53]

You're right...It's Billy West, a Chaplin impersonator!

[TomasTigre]

Yes, it is Billy West, and the mustacheoed guy getting the manicure is Oliver Hardy.

[MegaGayjesus]

@sayward12 No it's Adolf Hitler in his early acting years.

[Lthernek]

it's very good. I enjoyed it very much. I hope this isn't your only project. I was surprised by Danny Kaye's statement. I am a big fan of the movie Hans Christain Andersen and never picked up on the line. I laughed when I heard it.

[Lthernek]

very good. How long did this project take to finish?

[gaydave53]

about ten years

[lpetriel]

You can see the whole thing on Google Video if you do a search for Lavender Lens.

[eburn]

where´s part II?