[Reader-list] Fw: Queer cinema at the Habitat

[Ira Bhaskar]

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Subject: Queer cinema at the Habitat


Hi Everyone,

Just to remind you all about the "Dissendent Desires and Cinema" package that is currently on at the Habitat. There are three films that are yet to be screened on 27th, 28th and 30th evenings at 7 pm at the Gulmohar. All the films will be introduced by Shohini Ghosh who has curated the film package and there will be a discussion on the 30th. For those of you who were not able to be present for the opening, Shohini introduced the entire package and we had a very good discussion after the screening. 

The programme with a little write up on the films is pasted below. Looking forward to seeing as many of you as can make it,

Best,
Ira.





FILM CLUB SCREENING
DISSIDENT DESIRES AND CINEMA - Curated and Introduced by Shohini Ghosh (Faculty, MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia)

All the films will be introduced by Shohini Ghosh.

Nov 18 – 7:00pm  The Celluloid Closet (USA/ 1995/ 1 hr 41 min) 

Introduction by  Filmmaker and Film and Media Scholar, Shohini Ghosh  on   the special package followed by screening of The Celluloid Closet based on Vito Russo's famous book by the same name The Celluloid Closet is a documentary about the different ways in which queer sexuality got represented in Hollywood cinema. With extensive film clips from over 100 films and interviews with filmmakers, scholars and actors like Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dyer, Gore Vidal and Shirley McClaine, the documentary explodes many myths and attitudes around homosexuality.

Nov 19 – 7:00pm 'Gods and Monsters: (USA/1998/1Hr 46 min) 

Dir: Bill Condon Contemporary filmmaking has been recovering the suppressed history of queerness within the Film Industry. Bill Condon's Oscar winning film Gods and Monsters is about the filmmaker James Whale (Ian McKellen) who made classic horror films like Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein and the Invisible Man. Contemporary work on the life of James Whale reveal that his illustrious career was cut short because of Hollywood's homophobia. His films were always about social outcasts whose stories could be read as allegories around homosexuality.

Nov 27 -  7:00pm 'The Wedding Banquet'(USA / 1993/1hr 43 mins) Dir. Ang Lee

Wai Tung (Winston Chao) and Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein) are lovers living the American dream in Manhattan. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Taiwan, Wai Tung’s parents want him to marry a nice Taiwanese girl who would give them the grandchildren they crave. A marriage of convenience is arranged but when the parents arrive to attend the wedding, events spin out of control till the truth has finally to be told. 



Nov – 28 – 7:00pm : The Hours: (USA/2003/1 hr 54min) 

Dir: Stephen Daldry

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, The Hours employs Virginia Woolf’s classic novel and central character Mrs Dalloway as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras the film focuses on one day in the lives of three women joined in their depression, alienation and search for love. The film features the stellar cast of Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. 

Nov – 30 – 7:00 pm  : Bad Education: Pedro Almodovar 

Bad Education shot in rich, vibrant color by José Luis Alcaine and accompanied by Alberto Iglesias's elegant and heartfelt score is a film about two abused boys and their subsequent lives. A dense, audacious film in which layers of cinematic artifice lovingly camouflage the characters' dark, damaged hearts. A Hitchcock/film noir homage, it is also a magnificent melodrama . . ."Almodovar's tactic, as always, is to put extraordinary creatures in extreme situations while lavishing sympathy on every character, including the evil ones." The film has a spectacular performance by Gael Garcia Bernal.



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