In 1980 William Friedk and Al Paco ma 'Cisg,' a stylish thriller that tak viewers to the unrground world of gay leather and S&M clubs on the hunt for a serial killer. Gay activists objected to as anti-gay, while straight moralizers thought was praved. It's hardly the kd of movie that you'd expect om the director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connectn,' and the star of the 'Godfather' films.
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- AL PACO'S GAYT MOVIE: THE 'CISG' CONTROVERSY OF 1980
- CISG (1980): FRIEDK’S BOLD, SLEAZY THRILLER ABOUT GAY S&M SUBCULTURE, STARRG AL PACO
- A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS
AL PACO'S GAYT MOVIE: THE 'CISG' CONTROVERSY OF 1980
A serial killer btally slays and dismembers several gay men New York’s S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent unrver onto the streets as y for the murrer. * cruising 1980 gay scene *
9/101, 391 RatgsDirected by William Friedk Uned Stat, Wt Germany, 1980Crime, LGBTQ+, Mystery, Drama102SynopsisA serial killer btally slays and dismembers several gay men New York’s S&M and leather districts.
SynopsisA serial killer btally slays and dismembers several gay men New York’s S&M and leather districts. In 1980 William Friedk and Al Paco ma Cisg, a stylish but famo thriller that tak viewers to the unrground world of gay leather and S&M clubs on the hunt for a serial killer.
Cisg is famo for s dark and gratuo pictn of gay life at the end of the dis era. The film was protted by moralists who thought the film signaled the end tim, and gay rights activists who thought the film picted homosexualy as nothg more than a llectn of perverts hangg out a leather many misunrstood films of the era, Cisg has attaed a kd of cult stat even if is a b of a ms.
CISG (1980): FRIEDK’S BOLD, SLEAZY THRILLER ABOUT GAY S&M SUBCULTURE, STARRG AL PACO
* cruising 1980 gay scene *
My take was that his unrver work had opened homosexual sir him that he hadn't been aware of. homosexual sadomasochistic sex he is assigned to filtrate? nightclubs which gay men gather to dance, drk and make pairgs while.
and to film as much as possible on lotn, the New York gay muny rose. “Cisg, ” they said, would prent a distorted view of gay.
is, and that, if gays were “to” vlence, attacks on them would somehow be. girliend, we learn, and his work the gay bars seems to affect his. Whether he do or don't have gay sex Is central to this story'.
A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS
What do we thk about Crern playg this for pri? Didn't gays do prott march and such when this thg was theaters? * cruising 1980 gay scene *
Paco is movg toward a gay orientatn and do not fd S&M all that. A thriller wh slasher and psychologil elements about the serial killgs of gay men volved the S&M scene.
Paco is an unrver police officer wh the task of tchg a serial killer that is targettg gay men the unrground nightlife of New York.
Cisg (1980) Official Trailer #1 - Al Paco Movie HD A police tective go unrver the sleazy and unrground gay subculture of New York Cy to tch a serial killer who is murrg numero gay men wh S&M tactics. Cast: Al Paco, Pl Sorvo, Karen Allen, Barton Heyman, Jam Remar, Mike Starr, Powers Boothe Director: William Friedk * cruising 1980 gay scene *
Didn't gays do prott march and such when this thg was theaters? Much of the prott at the time of filmg was due to this beg about a gay serial killer when there was ltle if any posive pictn of gay men. If anythg, Cisg exposed my own homophobia and jtified my fear of hookg up wh random stranger.
Also, beg a somewhat self-hatg gay I immediately picked up on the fact the murrer killed men who rembled is Anonymoreply 5June 26, 2021 5:01 PM.
A police tective hunts a killer through the sleazy gay nightclub scene of 1970s New York Cy William Friedk's grty and ntroversial crime drama "Cisg" (1980), starrg Al Paco. Detective Steve Burns go ep unrver and learns the ruals and culture of hard-re S&M to... * cruising 1980 gay scene *
I was too young to be aware of the ntroversy at that time about gay pictn film. Later, when I got olr, I would be lectured by elrgay slds but I still like the movie - not only for the gay sh but ’s also a good, entertag mystery thriller.
I thk the prottors were aaid that middle Ameri would assume that all gay men are to BDSM and are all perverts after watchg the movie. I thk DeNiro would have ultimately had gay sex and been sucked to the world, which is implied somewhat, but not shown or Anonymoreply 12June 26, 2021 5:46 PM.
I thk today would be ncelled for showg gay men as sex starved viants when fact this was and is a big part of gay life for R14 - I jt typed that above when I saw you post. But if the person jt intified as gay (and whe), they would not Anonymoreply 20June 26, 2021 5:56 PM.