fellas, is it gay to wrestle your boy best friend on the floor of a church after you teased him? is it gay to stare into his eyes thereafter?
Σκηνοθεσία Stan Lathan
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Ρεαλιστικό, πολυπρόσωπο δράμα
Σε ένα καθοριστικό Σάββατο στο Χάρλεμ της δεκαετίας του 1930, ο 14χρονος Τζον Γκράιμς παλεύει με τη θρησκευτική του κλήση και τη δύσκολη σχέση με τον αυταρχικό, υποκριτή πατριό του. Μέσω αναδρομών στο παρελθόν, η ταινία εξερευνά τα οικογενειακά μυστικά και το διαγενεακό τραύμα που διαμορφώνουν τη ζωή του.
Η «Πες το στο βουνό» παίζεται σε 1 σινεμά στο Λος Άντζελες - επόμενη προβολή Σάββατο 12 Δεκεμβρίου στις 19:30 στο Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
Επόμενες προβολές: Σάββατο 12 Δεκεμβρίου.
Πλήρες πρόγραμμαfellas, is it gay to wrestle your boy best friend on the floor of a church after you teased him? is it gay to stare into his eyes thereafter?
Just two pals, rolling around on the floor of the church, staring into each other’s eyes with warm smiles, no homo no homo. What a gorgeous, deeply rich movie I’d never heard of until browsing Criterion, and I dunno if this sounds crazy but to me it really manages to express James Baldwin’s lyrical prose visually - and not just because James Bond III has to be the most immaculate casting choice ever as Baldwins stand-in. Ving Rhames is so young I almost didn’t recognize him and he turns out one of his best performances ever.
Always fun to find a made-for-tv movie that manages to be something special. Directed by Stan Lathan, father of Sanaa, without any of the pretensions of the bigger budgeted Baldwin adaptations that would follow it, Go Tell It manages to paint an unexpectedly complex portrait of flawed fatherhood and salvation. Paul Whitfield stands out as a man clinging to strength at the expense of anything tender, but the movie has other goods to offer, like its subtle hints at a budding tension between Giancarlo Esposito (five years before Do the Right Thing) and James Bond III (a stand in for Baldwin), its balanced views of the church, a riveting performance by an unaccredited singer and Desiree Coleman, and the empathy the movie holds for the long-suffering women in Whitfield's life.As I'm known to connect everything back to San Francisco, I'll note that James Bond III went on to direct a little-seen blaxploitation horror gem about a succubus praying on horny men before becoming a realtor in San Francisco, and after composing the walk-on song for WWE's Kelly Kelly (not exactly church music), Desiree Coleman would go on to marry former Golden State Warriors coach, Mark Jackson.
Η ταινία ακολουθεί ένα 14χρονο αγόρι στο Χάρλεμ της δεκαετίας του 1930 που παλεύει με θρησκευτικές προσδοκίες και έναν αυταρχικό πατριό, με αναδρομές στο παρελθόν.
Σκηνοθετήθηκε από τον Stan Lathan το 1984 ως μεταφορά του καταξιωμένου μυθιστορήματος του James Baldwin.
Δείτε το Go Tell It on the Mountain στο Mood.