Described in the 70’s a ‘’Chorus Line for gay people’’, Crimes Against Nature remains vital today as a communal disclosure of roles gay people adopt in order to survive in a world that devalues homosexual feelings. It features individual actors delivering revealing monologues, during which the other members of the collective play background roles (parents, schoolmates, etc.). One by one, the actors detail the ways in which they have buried their true selves in order to survive and be accepted in the world: repression, drug use, shyness, being agreeable, putting experiences into ‘’little boxes’’, acting ‘’butch’’ and so on.
Director
Described in the 70’s a ‘’Chorus Line for gay people’’, Crimes Against Nature remains vital today as a communal disclosure of roles gay people adopt in order to survive in a world that devalues homosexual feelings. It features individual actors delivering revealing monologues, during which the other members of the collective play background roles (parents, schoolmates, etc.). One by one, the actors detail the ways in which they have buried their true selves in order to survive and be accepted in the world: repression, drug use, shyness, being agreeable, putting experiences into ‘’little boxes’’, acting ‘’butch’’ and so on.
Editor
Explores the fantasies of a group of men, having them articulate their desires to the camera, then allowing them to live them out in elegant, abstract, and experimental scenes.
Director of Photography
Explores the fantasies of a group of men, having them articulate their desires to the camera, then allowing them to live them out in elegant, abstract, and experimental scenes.
