Let me say first and foremost that the 1987 adaptatn of Bret Easton Ellis’ hmen novel Ls Than Zero is sans homosexualy. It’s like this say’s tle stat: they sucked the gay right out of the story. I’m certa almost every homosexual stance is replaced by heterosexualy so Middle Ameri would watch – didn’t…
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LS THAN ZERO: THEY SUCKED THE GAY OUT OF IT (PART 1)
/ Leonardo Cendamo/GettyImagEllis began workg on Ls Than Zero when he was a sophomore high school. Let me say first and foremost that the 1987 adaptatn of Bret Easton Ellis’ hmen novel Ls Than Zero is sans homosexualy. It’s like this say’s tle stat: they sucked the gay right out of the story.
I’m certa almost every homosexual stance is replaced by heterosexualy so Middle Ameri would watch – didn’t work and I’m pretty sure the film was a fancial failure. When I said the film’s void of homosexualy I didn’t mean there aren’t moments where ’s a theme but ’s treated much differently.
Though gnizant of no agency of his own, Clay fds himself volved scen of what the thor apparently regards as steadily creasg shockgns, startg wh a sual homosexual tryst, movg on to hero shootg-gallery parti, a snuff-film viewg ssn, some gay prostutn, and fally a kidnappg and rape of a prepubcent girl. Languidly, he got together wh old iends: his ex-lover Blair, wh whom he uld barely talk; and his bt iend Julian, now a shadowy figure nng up e bts and workg them off as a gay this spare, allive book--which pated the entire i as valuels and ang--the film makers have somehow manufactured a wild, preachy melodrama which stalwart, te-blue Clay (Andrew McCarthy) back om the East to rcue his sad, sick iends Blair (Jami Gertz) and Julian (Robert Downey Jr. Now, the villay is ncentrated evil dope aler, Rip (Jam Spar) and his mcleman Billy (Michael Bowen), forcg sperate Julian, agast his will, to a life of homosexualy and AIDS, pursug him like ’ novel probably need chang; ’s somewhat attenuated and unrfelt, and ’s not really ee of sentimentaly.