Perfect Summer (1988)
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상영시간 : 1시간 10분
연출 : Steven Scarborough
시놉시스
A season of dreams come true. Wild campsite sex, boats racing in the water, hot dildo locker-room action, plus the incredible water pistol scene.
A young man wakes up naked on a pallet on the street in Montreal. Who is he, what is his name? How did he get here? The only thing he seems to remember is that he's gay. And so begins one of the most compelling gay-themed mysteries we’ve seen. Based on a true story, this young man has been through some trauma that caused his memory loss -- or is he an imposter avoiding the law in some way?
Private Diary documents photographer Pedro Usabiaga working with a variety of amateur models. The audience sees how the relationships between the photographer and the subjects changes during their time together, as well as how the individual photographs begin to take shape. Pedro Usabiaga is a well-established Basque photographer whose chief concerns are figurative photography and whose passion in photographing the Spanish male. In this hour long conversation with the artist we are given entry into that process of selecting models (none of the models he uses for this book to be titled 'Private Diary' are professional, but instead are randomly chosen as Usabiaga observes athletes in action) and then allowed to follow Usabiaga and his crew as they photograph these men in natural settings and natural light.
It’s the ‘80s once again, new wave angst and genderbending fashion are all the rage, but new kid at school, Chance Marquis, is trying to find new ways to stand out. Being an odd and somewhat awkward teenager makes him the target of the school bully. To deal with this dilemma, Chance turns to the opposite ends of the high school spectrum for help. On one side is the flamboyant drag queen and at the other, the varsity jock, Levi Sparks with whom Chance develops a unique friendship.
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do...
Everybody's looking for something... Moving forward doesn't always mean leaving something behind.
Diego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother. Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo, Diego finds himself attracted to Wesley, one of the openly gay Caucasian men he feels are gentrifying his neighborhood. Their relationship pushes Diego to consider the possibility of a life he had never imagined.
The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying the hypocritical campaign.
This story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargains for when he moves into an apartment in Limerick with a gay fashion student and becomes a star on the catwalk. A contemporary story embracing the essence of what it is to be young in today's Ireland.
What do you do when your girlfriend tells you that your best friend kisses better than you? A young man decides to settle the matter once and for all.
Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.
The marriage of mutual friends reunites former college roommates Bob and Brendan, who tried to ignore the sexual tension that always flowed between them. Brendan finally comes out to Bob at the reception, but is it a case of too little, too late?
Tom and Dan's one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive.
A Jewish man discovers his boyfriend of 10 years has been cheating on him, and decides to embark on a dating spree.
In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they've lost contact. So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying a woman!
Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.
How far would you go to get the person of your dreams? With the help of Gwen and Tiffani, Kyle pretends to be heterosexual in order to land Troy, the new guy (and nude model) who's turning the heads of both men and women. He soon finds himself joining the campus ex-gay support group and nabbing a girlfriend! Kyle's ex-boyfriend Marc is horrified at the plan and decides to pursue the confused Troy with his own tactic -- being his "out" gay self. Who will win Troy first?
8명의 서로 다른 커플들이 다양한 섹스를 한 뒤 나누는 커플들의 솔직한 이야기로, 관계에 대한 다양한 관점들에 대해서 이야기 한다. 각각의 대화는 모두 섹스를 한 직후에 이루어 진다. 첫 커플인 크리스토퍼와 레슬리는 친구인 듯 연인인 듯 서로 가볍게 즐기려고 한다. 하지만 레슬리에게 사랑이란 그렇게 가볍지 않다. 서로에 대한 마음을 알 듯 말 듯한 두 사람의 관계에 대한 이야기를 한다. 이후 프레디와 제이 커플은, 성 정체성 때문에 고민인 제이는 게이인 프레디를 찾아가 자신의 고민을 털어놓지만 혼란스러움만 더해 가는 커플이다. 크리스티와 샘은 부모님이 안 계신 집에서 첫 경험을 하게 되고, 사랑을 나눈 후 떨리는 마음으로 서로의 기분을 얘기하고 있는데 갑자기 부모님이 집에 들어오게 된다. 니키와 캣은 기숙사 룸메이트이다. 하지만 캣과 니키는 다른 성적 취향을 가지고 있다. 레즈비언과 이성애자이지만 가끔씩 서로 즐기기도 한다. 트루디와 진은 결혼 35년차다. 피크닉을 가서 사랑을 나눈 후 젊은 시절 얘기를 나누며 추억에 잠긴다. 여전히 뜨겁게 서로를 사랑하는 두 사람. 그 누구도, 그 무엇도 부럽지 않다. 닐과 밥은 게이 커플인데, 그들은 관계를 한 후 서로의 역할에 대해 토론하기 시작한다. 누가 여자 역할이냐, 남자 역할이냐를 열정적으로 따지지만 결국 도달한 결론은 그런 건 아무 상관 없다는 것. 데이비드와 조르디는 이미 헤어졌지만, 호텔 방 침대 위에 누워있다. 둘은 서로의 문제점을 얘기하며 이미 끝난 둘의 관계의 잘잘못을 따진다. 둘의 관계가 끝난 데에는 과연 누구의 잘못이 더 큰 걸까? 마르코와 알라나는 클럽에서 만나 하룻밤을 보내게 된다. 둘은 뜨겁게 사랑을 나눈 후 서로에 대해 궁금한 점을 묻는다. 이름, 출신, 좋아하는 색깔 등을 묻고 대답하던 둘은 이제 서로의 직업에 대해 얘기하기 시작한다. 하지만 좋은 분위기도 잠시, 마르코는 알라나가 매춘을 하고 있다는 사실을 알고 기겁을 하는데...
마틴 셔먼의 연극을 영화화한 작품. 히틀러 치하의 베를린에 살던 게이들을 그린 영화로 1997년 깐느 영화제 영 시네마 어워드를 수상하였다.