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
- 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
* 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.
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.
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 *
There is a lot of ageism the gay scene, ” says Yng.
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.
‘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 *
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. Photographs by Matthew MorrocLike many gay men searchg for timacy the morn day, the photographer Matthew Morroc has found his share of onle. Many of his panns had survived both the AIDS crisis and heights of homophobia unknown to younger generatns.
If you've been lookg for a way to meet other OlrGay members near you, you n now schle a meetup to get everyone together. He was rponsible for preparg discharge and reassignment paperwork, and sometim he would have to dishonorably discharge men for beg gay. “At that time I realized that I was gay, and was jt difficult to know that people were beg discharged for the same thg that I was my life.
6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
Dozens of gay men gather for a pool party a seclud spot Hillsboro, Missouri. Home movi pture their easy affectn and reee dancg. But… * 2 gay old men *
”“What bothered me the most was havg to talk to the guys that were beg discharged, and they were not a good state of wellns anyway, bee at that time, was illegal or nsired mental problems to be gay, ” he Cunngham, 82, and Richard Prtt, 78, have llectively spent 115 years the closet. Godss Magora Kennedy, who participated the Stonewall uprisg, and Pl Barby, who ran for Congrs as an openly gay man 1996 and 1998. ”Livg a 'double life'Cunngham said he realized he was gay as a teenager, but he didn’t know the word “gay” at the time — he jt knew he was different.