A safe place /
Guttman's first short film explores a high school boy's struggle with his emerging gay identity. Danny fakes a stomach ache so that he can avoid playing football and go to the cinema. His perspective is that of a young man on the verge of discovering his sexuality; the world is filled with...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Language Notes: | This edition in Hebrew with English subtitles. |
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San Francisco, CA :
Frameline,
1977.
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| Series: | LGBT studies in video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Guttman's first short film explores a high school boy's struggle with his emerging gay identity. Danny fakes a stomach ache so that he can avoid playing football and go to the cinema. His perspective is that of a young man on the verge of discovering his sexuality; the world is filled with straight couples and the longing stares of gay men. In a dream sequence reminiscent of Sleeping Beauty, his tentative touch wakes a naked man and signifies his own awakening. After avoiding a gay sexual encounter in the cinema, he returns there to find whatever the promise of the dark theatre holds. This short is a wonderful story of sexuality, individuality, and adulthood. (30 minutes). (Credits: Frameline). |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced or released in 1977. Run time: approx. 30 min. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (30 min.). |