PHILIPPINES-FILM: Catholic Church Blks at Movie on Gay Prit | Inter Prs Service

Contents:

• FILM REVIEW; GAY PRIT, INOCLASM AND STYLE
• NEW POLISH FILM EXAM THE LIFE OF A GAY CATHOLIC PRIT
• POLISH MOVIE ABOUT GAY CATHOLIC PRIT STIRRG CONTROVERSY
• PHILIPPINES-FILM: CATHOLIC CHURCH BLKS AT MOVIE ON GAY PRIT
• THE GAY CHURCH

FILM REVIEW; GAY PRIT, INOCLASM AND STYLE

5/10118 RatgsDirected by Antonia Bird Uned Kgdom, 1994Drama, LGBTQ+105SynopsisFather Greg Pilkgton is torn between his ll as a nservative Catholic prit and his secret life as a homosexual wh a gay lover, owned upon by the Church. SynopsisFather Greg Pilkgton is torn between his ll as a nservative Catholic prit and his secret life as a homosexual wh a gay lover, owned upon by the Church. "'Prit, ' " one cric has wrten, "vigoroly attack(s) the views of the Roman Catholic Church on homosexualy, " which is jt the way the filmmakers probably want the film to be posned.

Actually the film is an attack on the vow of celibacy, preferrg sexualy of any sort to the notn that men should, uld or would live story tak to a Liverpool rectory where the senr prit sleeps wh the pretty black hoekeeper, and the younger prit remov his Roman llar for nighttime soire gay bars. While the film was not overtly gay -- censorship would have prevented that at the time -- the lbian unrton are hard to 's Prison MassacreThis 1983 horror film follows Emanuelle, a reporter sent to prison on tmped-up charg.

Movi|FILM REVIEW; Gay Prit, Inoclasm And Style ADVERTISEMENTFILM REVIEWPritDirected by Antonia BirdDrama, RomanceR1h 45mMarch 24, New York Tim ArchivSee the article s origal ntext om March 24, 1995, Sectn C, Page 23Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal the ArchiveThis is a digized versn of an article om The Tim’s prt archive, before the start of onle publitn 1996. Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived vigoroly attackg the views of the Roman Catholic Church on homosexualy, Antonia Bird's "Prit" clearly urts ntroversy. The evable whiff of sndal that surrounds Greg's homosexualy provis a set of batg pots that is handy -- too handy -- rolvg the story's moral qutns, and wonrg whether anyone this story is really f to throw ston.

NEW POLISH FILM EXAM THE LIFE OF A GAY CATHOLIC PRIT

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn C, Page 23 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: FILM REVIEW; Gay Prit, Inoclasm And Style.

'Prit' is a plex film, alg wh hard issu of ct and homo-sexualy, but first wh the nflict between the prit missn as a moral lear and the Proctian laws of the Catholic church he needs to obeye by.

It really mak no difference whether the Prit is gay or straight, as human begs, they are undoubtedly often ught between the sire to rpond to normal human needs and the requirements of the church.

POLISH MOVIE ABOUT GAY CATHOLIC PRIT STIRRG CONTROVERSY

I will warn you that, if you tend to crge at the portrayal of gay attractn (as I do), you WILL fd yourself dog so at var pots this film ("Brokeback Mounta" has nothg on "Prit"), but nothg is ever prented poor taste or gratuoly, my opn.

Film is an emotn charged look at the Catholic Church's problems and ver-ups ncerng a closeted guilt ridn gay prit's sexual sir, and a ltle girl beg molted by her disgtg father who relat the nfsnal not for penance, but to tell the prit is his right and not to terfere.

PHILIPPINES-FILM: CATHOLIC CHURCH BLKS AT MOVIE ON GAY PRIT

And y, whether you agree wh s stance or not, kudos to the movie for takg a plethora of tough subjects like homosexualy, relig guilt, ct and life on earth vs.

THE GAY CHURCH

But Father Greg's smug ltle world soon begs to sp out of ntrol as he attempts to al wh his own homosexualy and wh a heartbreakg secret learned by him the nfsnal. If someone has grown up Catholic and gay, and particularly if he choos to enter the prithood, he's gog to have to have veloped a sense of self-prervatn along the way. He arriv a new parish loted a lower soc-enomic area, supposedly rponse to his own requt, lectur another prit bee of his appropriate behavr and then bicycl off to a gay club uldn't have been very far om his new postg.

And his love tert, Graham, seems remarkably unaware of the potential for problems that a prit might face if disvered to be havg a gay the church's history of buryg such problems rather than alg wh them, the reactns of the bishop may or may not have been realistic, although an amazg number of people seem to be borrle drama queens this film, not least Father Greg who turns the foc of everyone's problems onto himself even before he manag to h the headl.

He is also stgglg wh his own homosexual feelgs towards Graham (Robert Carlyle) movie has a lot of thgs gog on and 's tryg to make a pot about sex and the church. The film is NOT ABOUT beg a gay speaks to any thkg person who has ever qutned their fah only to fd that there are no answers and that fah is all there Greg (L Roche) is gay and nflicted. For me 's pretty simple, if a prit who ma of vow a celibacy engag sex wh eher a woman or a homosexual, then they shouldn't be a prit.

The ma character tri to keep morally and spirually centered - spe handips - and my opn that's worth tung film is NOT an dictment of the Catholic church or ABOUT a homosexual Prit. I'm gay and nearly beme a missnary for a Prottant fah that has strong prohibns agast homosexualy, so I n relate somewhat to Father Greg.