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The 2 latest kids on the block, I can’t think straight and the world unseen are fab but the rest..meh. And what is with lesbians and terminal illnesses or death in general. Why can’t we have the happy ever after?
Shelly said:
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:53 pm

I’ve seen one or two lesbian films and I don’t remember what happened in them.
Annie Aura said:
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:59 pm

lol – sounds like they were great Annie.
I dunno, I think thay maybe my expectation level automatically sinks when I know I’m about to watch a lesbian film.
Maybe it’s coz of my age and the films that I watched when coming out where those pants early-90s ones. Most of them were just embarrassing. I have to say, the standard does seem to be improving.
I like them and feel protective of them, but sometimes when the opening credits roll I feel like holding my breath.
Moo said:
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:23 pm

I’m glad that lesbian filmmaking is loosening its stranglehold on the Sapphic Steel Magnolias formula but we may be waiting a while for our Brokeback Mountain. That said, there are plenty of great films coming from the non-English speaking parts of the world but those flicks do have a greater likelihood of ending in devastation.
orange said:
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:06 pm

I think lesbian films have improved massively over the last 10 year, back in the day they were horrific but now you get a few gems and in some there is even a happy ending – luxury
Gooner said:
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Like Moo, I was very into all those 90′s ones during my tender baby dyke years – All Over Me, Show Me Love and High Art etc – none of which I remember being very good at all. But that didn’t matter, cos they had girls in them, kissing other girls!!!
Seriously though, I think those films are really important in portraying gays and gay relationships – they won’t win any oscars but they can act as a shining beacon of hope when you are 18 and growing up in a hole in Kildare:)
Shauna said:
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:02 pm

We just need more… more lesbian film-makers, more lesbian films.
Because we have so few, we expect too much every time. Go to Gaze and see a half a dozen this weekend – sure there’s bound to be some good ones!
Optical Mouse said:
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:35 pm

I’m working all weekend and won’t get to Gaze!
Annie Aura said:
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:37 pm

Well, I have to say one thing: at least the celluloid lesbots have come a long way from Go Fish!
(Anyone remember that one?!)
click here said:
Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:02 am

Oh god Go Fish was truely dreadful!!
Shauna said:
Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 7:32 pm

lol! – Wasn’t it just?!
click here said:
Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:28 pm

Oh my god, Go Fish! I imagine that film did immeasurable damage to the development of lesbots everywhere by portraying the use of nail clippers as some kind of foreplay.
orange said:
Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:06 pm

* snort!! *
click here said:
Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:02 am

In the past, lesbian movies really were dire. But i think with movies like the world unseen, producing adults, and DEBS perhaps things are looking up
We are even making a bit of an impression on TV with the L word and the olivia/natalia story on guiding light.
Things are looking up
mofole said:
Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:24 pm

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