Exclive Interview: David Färdmar on his gay breakup movie Are We Lost Forever “I wanted to challenge viewers to thk for themselv” – The Queer Review

Contents:

• GAY RELATNSHIP BREAKUP CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THE RISKS
• HOW TO SURVIVE (AND W) A GAY BREAKUP
• EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: DAVID FäRDMAR ON HIS GAY BREAKUP MOVIE ARE WE LOST FOREVER “I WANTED TO CHALLENGE VIEWERS TO THK FOR THEMSELV”
• ‘UNUPLED’ STARS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS GAY BREAKUP JOURNEY; TUC WATKS REMEBERS HIS TIME ON DARREN STAR’S ‘MELROSE PLACE’
• 5 TIPS FOR GETTG OVER YOUR FIRST (GAY) BREAKUP

GAY RELATNSHIP BREAKUP CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THE RISKS

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Ahead of the UK and Irish release of Are We Lost Forever, The Queer Review’s edor Jam Klemann had an exclive chat wh the film’s wrer-director-producer David Färdmar about the origs of his gay break up movie, g sex to vtiage his characters, the stunng pop soundtrack featurg Swedish legends Ace of Base, and what he lov about Ang Lee’s classic Brokeback Mounta. The dynamics of gay sex aren’t generally explored on film that much, like the discsns about bottomg we get here.

HOW TO SURVIVE (AND W) A GAY BREAKUP

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After beg bldsid by this news Michael has to navigate his new world as a sgle gay man… his mid-40s… New York Cy. “I thk the gay relatnship has had s own evolutn, ” Harris told GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos a recent terview. “It didn’t feel like the gay breakup story was as universal as accepted as mastream as has been now.

” In addn to Harris, Allen spoke to actors show -creators Darren Star and Jefey Richman as well as actors Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks, and the aforementned Tuc Watks, who has been a trailblazer as a gay actor. “I’m a gay actor who’s been playg gay rol sce the ‘90s and when I played gay rol the 90s people said, you n’t be a gay guy playg gay rol, you won’t get to play the other rol, ” Watks explaed.

EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: DAVID FäRDMAR ON HIS GAY BREAKUP MOVIE ARE WE LOST FOREVER “I WANTED TO CHALLENGE VIEWERS TO THK FOR THEMSELV”

“At the same time, they said, you’re a gay guy, you don’t get to play straight rol. “We don’t have gay characters who are jt the gay clown or jt the terribly troubled gay guy or the psychopath – we have real flhed out character, ” said Watks. Star do remember Watks dng for “Matt” which was ultimately one of the first out gay characters on TV – which was a big al at the time.

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‘UNUPLED’ STARS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS GAY BREAKUP JOURNEY; TUC WATKS REMEBERS HIS TIME ON DARREN STAR’S ‘MELROSE PLACE’

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5 TIPS FOR GETTG OVER YOUR FIRST (GAY) BREAKUP

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"This isn't the only gay edy Eichner is workg on. Earlier this year, he announced the gay romantic edy Bros, which is beg produced by Judd Apatow for Universal Pictur. "In shockg news, BROS will be the first rom about gay men ever produced by a major stud, and, apparently, I'm the first openly gay man to ever wre and star their own stud film, " he wrote.