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- THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
- THEY LIVED A 'DOUBLE LIFE' FOR S. NOW, THE GAY ELRS ARE TELLG THEIR STORI.
- ‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945
- 6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
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 * 2 gay old men *
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.
THEY LIVED A 'DOUBLE LIFE' FOR S. NOW, THE GAY ELRS ARE TELLG THEIR STORI.
is a muny for olr gay men and the men who love them. * 2 gay old 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.
‘COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEG ’: HOME MOVI OFFER RARE GLIMPSE OF GAY LIFE ST. LOUIS 1945
is a muny for olr gay men and the men who love them. * 2 gay old men *
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.
6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
* 2 gay old men *
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.