4. Happy Together 1997 MY TAKE: Wong Kar-Wai never fails to fascinate. His films are as much about art as they are about plot. None more so than "Happy Together," a study of two gay Hong Kong guys who move to Buenos Aires and soon drift apart. The breakup of their relationship is difficult to watch at times, but the underlying energy of the film keeps your eyes squarely on the screen. As playwright Hang Ong wrote on the DVD version: "It's also about the pop world of love, ships passing in the night, and the wonderfully lush moments..." Wong shows over and over again in his films, a critic suggested, that the world is one neon-lit fast-food joint, whether you're in Southeast Asia or South America.
PLOT: Gay lovers move from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires and their relationship disintegrates.
FAVE SCENE: I love the Taipei segment at the end of the film, simply because of the frenzied cinematography.
SEX QUOTIENT: Nothing to write home about.
TRIVIA: Nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
MORE: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1083093-happy_together/
5. Just A Question Of Love 2000
MY TAKE: This flick grew on me. Made for French television, it intelligently chronicles a budding relationship between a beautiful 23-year-old student (Laurent) and a slightly older agricultural researcher (Cedric). Laurent is still largely closeted, which highly annoys Cedric. Nevertheless, the interaction between these new lovers seems uncommonly realistic, as do their relationships with their parents. The film also is just plain gorgeous -- from the characters to the settings.
PLOT: The student and his teacher become lovers -- and the teacher prods the student to become more honest about his sexuality. Laurent's parents, small-town pharmacists, are hard sells, to say the least.
FAVE SCENE: Cedric pulls up in his car outside Laurent's apartment, ostensibly to make sure he got home all right. In truth, he can't get the kid out of his mind. Laurent is equally as excited to see Cedric, and soon they are in bed.
SEX QUOTIENT: Light. Some modest bed scenes, but remember this first aired on French TV.
MY TAKE: This flick grew on me. Made for French television, it intelligently chronicles a budding relationship between a beautiful 23-year-old student (Laurent) and a slightly older agricultural researcher (Cedric). Laurent is still largely closeted, which highly annoys Cedric. Nevertheless, the interaction between these new lovers seems uncommonly realistic, as do their relationships with their parents. The film also is just plain gorgeous -- from the characters to the settings.
PLOT: The student and his teacher become lovers -- and the teacher prods the student to become more honest about his sexuality. Laurent's parents, small-town pharmacists, are hard sells, to say the least.
FAVE SCENE: Cedric pulls up in his car outside Laurent's apartment, ostensibly to make sure he got home all right. In truth, he can't get the kid out of his mind. Laurent is equally as excited to see Cedric, and soon they are in bed.
SEX QUOTIENT: Light. Some modest bed scenes, but remember this first aired on French TV.
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