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the stories is depressing. The DVD and video
of Not Angels but Angels feature the same mate
rial, in Czech with subtitles.
he Indigo Girls, the most famous lesbian
musical duo in the world, are Amy Ray
(the harder-rocking Melissa Etheridge
clone) and Emily Saliers (the folksy Earth
Mother type). Their brand of rock is hard to
classify, as the songs
vary wildly both
lyrically and
musically.
Much of their
work is politically
charged, as the
selection of about
20 songs on this
concert DVD shows.
Shot at the Decem
ber 1999 closing of a
major tour, this
performance inter
mixes live versions
of songs from five albums with interview
footage, recording sessions and other treats.
Oddly enough, although the women talk
about all the activist causes they are involved
in, there is no mention anywhere of lesbian
or gay issues, excepting a blink-and-you’ll-
miss-it screen shot about YouthPride. Still,
for fans, this is a rocking good time.
The DVD features allow you to watch just
the concert footage or the interview footage or
to watch them mixed together. It also contains
a discography, photo gallery and lyrics feature
so you can sing along.
collection of four gay short films, this
DVD is a little dark and murky.
“Must Be
the Music” is a for
gettable short
about gay teens out
for a rave-dancing
night on the town
in Los Angeles.
Filled with stun
ning visuals,
“Alaki, Iowa” is the
story of a young gay
man who discovers
something about
his fathers
secret life.
“The Dadshuttle”
to a train station taken by a father and son,
with rather naturalistic but inane dialogue as
the son tries to make a distressing revelation.
But the best on the disk— worth the price
alone— is “Nunzio’s Second Cousin,” a darkly
hilarious tale about a gay cop (Vincent
D’Onofrio) who takes a gay basher home to
meet his dotty mother (Eileen Brennan).
You’ll definitely enjoy two of the shorts; the
other two are professionally done, just not my
cup of latte.
N ot A ngels but A ngels
Water Bearer Films
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n absolutely adorable film for those who
enjoy World War II stories, beautiful
Italian scenery or just a great ensemble
cast. Joan Plow-
right, Dame Judi
Dench and Mag
gie Smith join
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Cher and Lily
MUSSOLINI
Tomlin as a col
lection of British
women (one is
from the United
States) who refuse
to bow to the
encroaching poli
tics of Mussolini
or the coming
war— and who
collectively have
raised a young bastard boy to be a conflicted
hero. Tomlin plays an outspoken lesbian
archeologist who dances and flirts with
women like she’d been doing it all her
life...oh wait, she has!
Absolutely enchanting and filled with
breathtaking scenery, this will satisfy fans of
divas and strong-minded women alike. The
DVD features both widescreen and standard
versions of the film, a “making o f’ booklet
and the trailer.
ew of us have been to the Czech Repub
lic, and this harrowing documentary
doesn’t capture the Old World grandeur.
Instead, it tells
the story of two
dozen male pros
titutes who roam
the bus stations
and parks of
Prague, searching
for the male
tourist trade that
will provide
them with their
minimal fees.
The inter
viewees are most
ly teen-agers who
have come into
prostitution because of rejection from their
family. Life on the streets demands some
form of pay for survival, and their bodies are
their currency.
Shot in discomforting close-ups with sub
jects who are mostly open about their lives,
Not Angels but Angels is both engrossing and
disturbing. When one youth talks of charg
ing his first trick the cost of bus fare and a
pack of cigarettes, you feel extraordinarily
uncomfortable; the squalor of these boys’
lives is such that the hus station pimp actu
ally seems like a protector rather than a
predator.
It is nice to see one youth who has used his
earnings to better himself—and who thinks
about a future— but the cumulative effect of
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To find these queer DVDs and others, visit
Portland's Gai-Pied, 2544 N .E . Broadway, or
Movie Madness, 4320 S.E . Belmont S t., or order
them through gay-owned Wolfe Video, 800-
GET-WOLFE, or TLA Video, 800-333-8521.