No untry for old gay men: Twilight’s Kiss by director Ray Yng imag two men already their formative years and gettg another chance at love
Contents:
- THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
- FOR CHA’S GAY MEN, DONGDAN PARK BEIJG OFFERS HAVEN
- GAY M/M CHA - (MOVI & DRAMAS)
THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
* old gay chinese *
This Film Is a Tale of Two Olr Gay Men Fdg Love Hong Kong | AnOtherTwilight’s Kiss, 2021(Film still)No untry for old gay men: Twilight’s Kiss by director Ray Yng imag two men already their formative years and gettg another chance at loveFebary 23, 2021. “To survive, they’ve had to ignore who they are, ” says director Ray Yng about the olr gay men of Hong Kong, the subject of his latt film, Twilight’s Kiss.
For a long time, the future was nceivable for gay men. Gay men lived the shadows of society, matag their veneer of heteronormative stabily by marryg straight women at great st to themselv and their fai. It is Yng’s bt film yet, a meangful and rehg portrayal of the nvenienc of ageg and romance, starrg two olr, closeted gay men.
“Invtors don’t see the marketabily and mercial value of old bodi, pecially the ntext of gay films. There is a lot of ageism the gay scene, ” says Yng.
FOR CHA’S GAY MEN, DONGDAN PARK BEIJG OFFERS HAVEN
Cha's gay men, stgglg wh stigma and social prsure to marry women and have children, pe to Beijg's Dongdan Park. * old gay chinese *
I n’t remember the last time I’ve seen any film, gay or straight, that foced on senr romance. Inspired by Profsor Travis Kong’s Oral Histori of Olr Gay Men Hong Kong, the story follows Pak (Tai Bo), a gff grandfather who swam to Hong Kong durg the Cultural Revolutn and toiled for years as a taxi driver. Intimate moments of rg and kdns are thoughtfully directed as the two men go on dat, strollg through wet markets and seekg refuge a gay sna.
In Yng’s film, however, sists that the genre’s lack of such pictns miss a ccial aspect of gay life. Yng looks beyond his ma characters to clu the perspectiv of other olr gay men the muny. In the movie, he reenacts his appearance at Hong Kong’s legislative uncil, pleadg to allow gay elrs to “live out [their] twilight years wh digny and eedom”.
And, the Che-speakg world, gay reprentatn is still sorely lackg (LGBTQ+ ntent beg supprsed Cha and Malaysia), and stori about the love between two grandparents are virtually non-existent. The stirrg scen are om the Che fantasy perd seri Word of Honor, the latt h the gay romance genre that has explod populary Cha: boys’ love.
GAY M/M CHA - (MOVI & DRAMAS)
” Subtle gay dramas, adapted om boys’ love webnovels, has bee a lucrative bs Cha, where censorship of anythg LGBTQ-related is tight. But the appete for queer ntent is jt too big to ignore, a mand that not om gay men, but mostly straight least eight shows adapted om novels wh boys’ love romanc are expected to premiere this year across Cha’s major streamg platforms, cludg Alibaba’s You, Tencent Vio, Mango TV, and iQIYI. “This type of queer, more fantastic than real, do ltle jtice to the gay muny, ” said Zhange Ni, a profsor at Virgia Tech who studi Che webnovels.