Monthly Archives: September, 2011
“VERONA”— The Tale Retold
“Verona” The Tale Retold Amos Lassen Most of us associate the town of Verona, Italy with the story of Romeo and Juliet, a story that never gets old and I told and retold from generation to generation. Glenn Ripps takes the story and rewrites once again and sets it on a university campus with rival …
“VALLEY OF THE DOLLS”— Camp to the Nth Degree
“Valley of the Dolls” Camp to the Nth Degree Amos Lassen I have no idea what possessed me to go back and watch “Valley of the Dolls” again but there I was sitting there and seeing it completely different than ever before. I just wonder what they were thinking in Hollywood when they made this …
“TEDDY”— Lovers, Past and Present
“Teddy” Lovers, Past and Present Amos Lassen Tony (Brian Wood) travelled from London to rural New Zealand to spend a holiday with his ex, Neil (Chris Tempest) who had let him to move far away. Tony had hoped that he would be able to bring Neil back into his life but that plan goes a …
“4th AND GOAL”— Hopes for the NFL
“4th & Goal” Hopes for the NFL Amos Lassen “4th and Goal” is a documentary about six young men who want to become part of the NFL. Shot over six years, the film tells the stories of DeQawn, Albert, Gibril, Tim, Randy, and Bret, all standouts at a respected junior college football program. Each has …
“THE HARVEST” (“LA COSECHA”)— Youth as Migrant Farm Workers
“The Harvest”(“La Cosecha”) Youth as Migrant Farm Workers Amos Lassen “The Harvest”, a documentary about migrant farm workers who give up their own childhoods to help their families. The documentary looks at Zulema, Perla and Victor as they go from the onion fields of Texas to Michigan apple orchards and back to tomato fields in …
“CHILLERAMA”— “Something for Every Bad Taste”
“Chillerama” “Something for Every Bad Taste” Amos Lassen I am using the films blurb for my first paragraph because it is so perfect: “It’s the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman (Hatchet’s Richard Riehle) has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful …
“Living Beyond Rainbows” by David Marty— The Paths We Choose
Marty, David. “Living Beyond Rainbows”, iUniverse, 2010. The Paths We Choose Amos Lassen None of us are able to predict the path that life takes us on and in this memoir, David Marty takes us along on his life journey as he shares his story of dealing with his parents’ deaths, his mid-life crisis, his …
“Mere Mortals” by Erastes— Loss and Obsession
Erastes. “Mere Mortals“, Lethe Press. 2011 Loss and Obsession Amos Lassen Crispin Thorne is expelled from school when he is found having sex with his boyfriend, Arch and since he is an orphan, things are very difficult for him. He is eventually sent off to an island where he meets Jude and Myles, who are …
“COMMUNICATION”— Desire, Love and Regret
“Communication“ Desire, Love and Regret Amos Lassen Jacob is a young Orthodox Jew who faces reconciling his religion with his sexuality; a problem faced by many in the LGBT community. Directed by Christopher Banks of “Teddy” fame, the story comes to us from Jacob himself as he reflects on his life while he visits the …
“PUT THIS ON THE {MAP}”— Looking at Gender and Sexuality
“PUT THIS ON THE {Map}” Looking at Gender and Sexuality Amos Lassen Sometimes we can derive a sense of pride just by watching a movie and, for me that is what “Put This on the {Map} did for me. In the short time of 34 minutes, we meet twenty-six young people from the suburbs around …
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