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Happy, Texas, they must fulfill their roles or
face getting caught. This incredibly funny com
edy may sound anti-gay, hut Happy, Texas con
stantly plays with the idea that the two men
are gaining acceptance from rednecks just by
being out. And William H. Macy, as the town’s
sheriff, has his own coming out to do in scenes
that will break your heart and make you cheer.
W ith directors commentary, music videos, a
making-ot featurette, outtakes, plus interviews,
this DVD gets a strong recommendation.
A special isolated soundtrack on the DVD
version of Defying Gravity allows you to play
the film’s music while a pictorial side show
scrolls by on the screen.
Jf ena fans will want to track down this gem
to see star Lucy Lawless in two short films:
i first as a butch tow truck driver attracted
to a Maori woman, then as a Greek nurse who
administers to a young
girl (no lesbian subplot
here, though). A bonus
on this disk is Lavender
Limelight, a documentary
featuring interviews with
seven lesbian filmmakers.
Peach and A Bitter
Song are available on
video as two different
tapes, but they’re nicely
paired on DVD.
bare-knuckle fighter
from Blackpool
i comes to London to
explore his feelings, and
he soon gets involved
with an ambitious club
promoter and record pro
ducer. The two young
men defy the odds against
them in their relation
ship— vastly different
backgrounds, back
biting friends and no
refusal offers— but the
boxer’s struggle with his
own identity threatens to
destroy him. Roger Dal-
trey of the W ho plays a
wickedly bitchy role as a
club owner in this daring
British film, which revels in contrasting grime
and poverty with drugs and dance clubs.
For the DVD, the cast is interviewed and so
is the director, who reveals that the film is
based on sexual escapades in his own past.
R ites of P assage
el and his son DJ
arrive at their cabin
mm in the woods to find
youngest sibling Camp
bell already there. Camp
bell and Del have a
strained relationship due to Del’s actions
against Campbell’s recently deceased lover, but
the tension is ratcheted higher when two
escaped convicts raid the house— and Camp
bell finds in one of them his new father figure!
For me, the familial conflicts rang both familiar
and fresh at the same time, and the cast is
excellent.
The DVD extra is a commentary track by
the director and by the star (Jason Behr, teen
heartthrob from Roswell) that reveals how the
film arose from the director’s own conflicts
with his father.
n
ie team behind The Matrix also created
this oh-so-stylish thriller about a tougb
i female ex-con (G ina Gershon) who gets
involved with the mis
tress (Jennifer Tilly) of
"Funny, a d ve n fu i
a powerful mobster (Joe
Neu York TVnrs
-jlf f l
Pantoliano). T he two
women must learn to
“ Go Fishl
trust each other to pull
m e e ts ®
off a dangerous scheme
She's Gotta %
to steal $2 million in
Have ItyaH
mob money, but deadly
complications arise.
Not for the prudish,
the unrated DVD ver
sion of Bound includes
a few seconds more of
the steamy sex scene
between the two female
leads, as well as reveal
ing audio commentary
from the two directors
and Pantoliano— and
famed bisexual author
Susie Bright.
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B ound
riff is a popular frat guy who has a big
secret: He’s in love with ex-frat brother
Pete. As Griff struggles to come to grips
with his queer identity, Pete is gay-bashed and
Griff must make some tough decisions. Will his
best friend stand by him or dump him when he
finds out the truth? This coming-out film deals
solely with friendships— family takes a very
secondary role— and although we might feel
we’ve seen it (or lived it) before, it’s well-acted
and worth a look.
* 6
P each , A B itter S ong ,
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T he W atermelon
W oman
|| frican American
lesbian Cheryl
Dunye wrote,
directed and stars in
this engrossing docu
mentary about her
character’s search for
“the Watermelon
Woman,” an obscure
black actress from the
1930s. When she finds
A FILM B i
out the actress had a
ch eryli
white woman for her
DUNYE
lover, reality begins
blending with her pro
ject— she’s dating a
white woman herself—
and the documentary
veers off on a new course. Dunye uses a
remarkable variety of filming techniques in this
sassy and funny film, but the biggest surprise is
reserved for the end of the film and the final
credits. Very cool!
The DVD includes a short interview with
Dunye.
■ A ndy M angels is a longtime Portland enter
tainment uniter with three hooks and hundreds o f
comic hooks and magazine articles to his credit.
You can write to him at AMangeLsSW@aol.com.
Tina Schafer, g r i , a b r
/Halt¿-Million Dollar Producer
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