The Silver Screen Oasis

skimpole wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 3:32 am In his review of Anatomy of a Fall, Richard Brody, among his other complaints, claims that once it is revealed that Sandra Huller's character is bisexual, it becomes most unlikely that she is responsible for the death of her husband. This makes me wonder what happened to having homosexuals as murderers in movies? Although clearly implied in such movies as The Maltese Falcon and Laura, I suspect that having homosexuals as actual murderers became more common once the concept could be mentioned in movies. I remember that the 1978 movie Brass Target made its two corrupt army officers homosexuals, as if murdering 59 soldiers in the first ten minutes was not enough to get the audience to hate them. I also remember there is Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs which led The Nation critic to call out the movie for encouraging anti-trans prejudice. I wonder when this habit ended. (It occurs to me that I remember another Nation article in 1987 mentioning a number of homophobic comments in contemporary American films, which alludes to Will Patton's devious murderer in No Way Out.

Allhallowsday wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 2:08 pm

skimpole wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 3:32 am In his review of Anatomy of a Fall, Richard Brody, among his other complaints, claims that once it is revealed that Sandra Huller's character is bisexual, it becomes most unlikely that she is responsible for the death of her husband. This makes me wonder what happened to having homosexuals as murderers in movies? Although clearly implied in such movies as The Maltese Falcon and Laura, I suspect that having homosexuals as actual murderers became more common once the concept could be mentioned in movies. I remember that the 1978 movie Brass Target made its two corrupt army officers homosexuals, as if murdering 59 soldiers in the first ten minutes was not enough to get the audience to hate them. I also remember there is Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs which led The Nation critic to call out the movie for encouraging anti-trans prejudice. I wonder when this habit ended. (It occurs to me that I remember another Nation article in 1987 mentioning a number of homophobic comments in contemporary American films, which alludes to Will Patton's devious murderer in No Way Out.

The trope of a "queer" character as disturbed, marginalized, and mysterious has faded since the '90s (thankfully).

Allhallowsday wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 6:33 pm Ironically, I watched quite a bit of PHILADELPHIA on TCM last night. DENZEL WASHINGTON's character addresses the notion of mystery and fear. It is astounding how far perceptions have improved.

kingrat wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 11:56 pm A most interesting subject. I recall the gay couple who murder someone in a James Bond film and then go hand in hand into the sunset, but I can't remember which film...

Dargo wrote: ↑January 26th, 2024, 11:46 pm ... 'Saltburn' movie, ...Wiki plot synopsis which mentions the murderous male protagonist of this film was infatuated with the character Elordi played.
And so my question: Wouldn't this be a recent example of what this thread's topic is about?
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