Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAt the end of the 1960’s the openly gay famed Italian opera and movie director Luchino Visconti was finally ready to film his take on Thomas Mann’ s novella Death In Venice. The story is of an elderly composer who travels to Venice for health reasons where he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter North Dakota introduced the controversial technology known as fracking in 2008 it suddenly became the nation’s second-largest oil-producing State. So as the economic recession started to kick in really hard over the next few years, thousands of unemployed men unable to find work in their part of the country flocked to the new oilfields … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s 1991 and Charlie a nervous and melancholic teenager is praying to make it through his first year in High School in one piece. He’s a really bright kid but such a loner and when he encounters an eccentric live-wire Patrick, a Senior who has been sent down to re-take his junior year, he gravitates … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJenni Olsen’s cinematic essay based around the Camino Real which was once the main route from California to Mexico is a very esoteric nostalgic look at the rapidly changing landscape between San Francisco and Las Angeles. Part history lesson, part tribute to all the Missions that line the route, and part recounting of an impossible … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDavid Farrier has made a successful career working as a reporter for a small TV Station in New Zealand looking at the weird and bizarre side of life. He thought he found a perfect subject for his program when he came across a website a couple of years ago from Jane O’Brien Media asking for men 18-24 … Continue reading