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: Not Rated
: Strand Releasing Home Video
: Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Features
: 56 min.
: English
: English
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Enormously successful at lesbian and gay film festivals throughout the world, Bavo Defurne's rich and beautiful short films examine gay love and loss and mark the emergence of one of Europe's most exciting young filmmakers. One of the many pleasures in Defurne's work is the playful and unforced way in which he references the work of other artists -- from Dreyer and Eisenstein to photographers Herbert List and Pierre et Gilles. Most significantly, Defurne and his regular team have created an allegorical and headily romantic gay aesthetic that draws on a wide range of influences, but is uniquely their own. Defurne's choice of using largely unprofessional actors brings a charming innocence to the performances that complements the magical, overwrought worlds that they inhabit.
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| Gay Longing, Caught but Never Tamed
by talltale
October 15, 2005 - 9:30 AM PDT
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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More artful than anything else, and certainly not the gay soft core some members might be hoping for, CAMPFIRE may disappoint viewers looking for cheap thrills. But these four short films by Belgian Bavo Defurne are so full of beauty, art and homosexual longing that they occupy a rather special place in the gay film canon.
The first and titular piece is the longest and offers the most "story," but the third (and other color film) "Matroos" is simply stunning. The two early, short black-and-whites make a nice intro to the work of this unusual filmmaker--whose repeated themes, quirks and obsessions make for quietly spectacular viewing |
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