The French-Canadian filmmaker discs his reflective new drama, Matthias and Maxime, and explas why he still feels ashamed of puttg gay sex on…
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- XAVIER DOLAN ON FILM’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: ‘WE NEVER TALK ABOUT HETEROSEXUAL FILMS’
- XAVIER DOLAN ON SEX, GAY IENDSHIP AND PARIS HILTON
- IS GAY DIRECTOR XAVIER DOLAN HIDG HIS BOYIEND? HAD A COUPLE-LIKE RELATNSHIP WH ANYONE?
XAVIER DOLAN ON FILM’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: ‘WE NEVER TALK ABOUT HETEROSEXUAL FILMS’
The dtry has no problem makg a genre out of gay romanc, and yet you never hear the term "heterosexual romance." * is xavier dolan gay *
Speakg at the “Matthias & Maxime” prs nference, Dolan lled out an dtry double standard which films centered around queer characters are almost always labeled “gay films” or “queer films” while movi about relatnships between men and women are never fed by their sexualy. While “Matthias & Maxime” als wh a gay storyle, Dolan’s ey ’s as much a film and love story as one wh heterosexual characters.
XAVIER DOLAN ON SEX, GAY IENDSHIP AND PARIS HILTON
“This film is not gay, It’s life, ” Dolan told prs. ’ For me, ’s not a story of homosexualy or gay love. Ultimately, I don’t thk that the two protagonists are aware that is gay love.
IS GAY DIRECTOR XAVIER DOLAN HIDG HIS BOYIEND? HAD A COUPLE-LIKE RELATNSHIP WH ANYONE?
Five years before homosexualy was ostensibly crimalized Canada, when same-sex sexual activy was still punishable by a multi-year prison sentence, Jane Rule published Dert of the Heart.
As an adolcent, Tremblay found himself a Québéis a predomantly Anglo untry and a gay teen a largely tolerant society. Shane had a mandg stage prence and routely donned flamboyant getups and elaborate makp, never seekg to nform — even an era when homosexualy was illegal Canada. Her 1962 sgle “Any Other Way” beme a top 10 h Toronto, s lyrics rife wh double entendr like “Tell her that I’m happy, tell her that I’m gay, tell her I wouldn’t have any other way.