Does This One Have A Gay Angle????
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belaglik — 11 years ago(March 20, 2015 09:41 PM)
The way I see it, if you think it's there, then it's there. That scene reminded me a lot of the death scene in a much later Paramount film:
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
(stay with me here! I promise not to Trek out too much.) I don't really follow slash fanfiction, but I do know much has been written regarding Kirk and Spock's relationship exploring the possibility that it may be more than platonic. Is it just an intense bromance or is there more there? I think the same could be said of Jack and David. Yes, they like girls, too, but it's expected that they would.
Speaking of homoeroticism, did anyone notice the lesbian couple in the Paris nightclub scene? Look where the camera sort of does a flyover over several tables with couples seated at them until they get to where Jack and the others are sitting. -
hamlet-16 — 10 years ago(May 29, 2015 11:02 PM)
I think Wellman very much intended the homo-eroticism it is not an uncommon theme in war film the guys are not homosexual (not in the film or in real life) but they have a deep deep bond from experiences of war.
The medal scene just before intermission is rather odd am still trying to decide what Wellman was getting at there?
And yes the two ladies sharing a table in the nightclub were pretty astounding.. but you know Paris .sure would not have happened in Pleasantville Tx. in 1926 -
poetcomic1 — 11 years ago(March 11, 2015 01:59 PM)
No, sorry too much focus on babes. Just buddies. If you want a gay angle try Ben-Hur. The director and the actors and (of course) the gay co-star Stephen Boyd, picked up the the subtext of the movies but they all said DON'T tell Charleton Heston - he'll freak out!
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PopperTheKungFuDragn — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 11:48 AM)
Not at all. Their caressing at the end was rather on the intimate side, but I think its just the way men were back then considering the kiss the men got when receiving their medals.
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