Contents:
- BRET EASTON ELLIS SAYS STANLEY KUBRICK WAS GAY
- IN CONVERSATN: TOURISM TULUM, STANLEY KUBRICK, GAY MAGAZE
- 10 HORROR CLASSICS (YOU DIDN’T REALIZE WERE ABOUT BEG GAY)
BRET EASTON ELLIS SAYS STANLEY KUBRICK WAS GAY
“Has anyone heard that Stanley Kubrick was gay? “I don’t re who’s gay and who’s not gay but the fact that Stanley Kubrick might be gay mak a fascatg director even more fascatg.
“Adam Shankman’s gayns directg Rock of Ag pared to Stanley Kubrick’s gayns directg ANYTHING is a very pellg parison.
“Kubrick’s gayns: sir proof.
IN CONVERSATN: TOURISM TULUM, STANLEY KUBRICK, GAY MAGAZE
Cise beg attacked as gay Ey Wi Shut…”. “Fact that Stanley Kubrick was gay seems to piss a lot of dus off. Strange-glove, Paths of Glory Hol, and Thighs Wi Open, there’s no doubt my md that Kubrick was gay.
Between Men: English Lerature and Male Homosocial Dire. I started wonrg if the "obvns" was jt me takg Ey Wi Shut's homosexual unrton for granted after havg seen the movie so many tim.
So, I figured I'd say what the hell and throw together a b of analysis on the film's gay subtext as pertas to the relatnship between Bill Harford and Nick Nightgale. In light of this, I'll try to foc on the more five evince for a gay subtext that the film prents, rather than the subtle, Hays-que "queer dg"* that employs.
10 HORROR CLASSICS (YOU DIDN’T REALIZE WERE ABOUT BEG GAY)
*[This is the historil textual technique of implyg that a character is homosexual whout outright nfirmg . The most ncrete illtratn of Ey Wi Shut's gay subtext is what uld be lled an 'end subplot'. While the homosexual qualy of Bill and Nightgale's relatnship appears to be thematic rather than leral, there is a strg of narrative sequenc the film which are clearly tend to metaphorilly imply a semtilly proximal "gay affair" story arc.
In particular, is tend to rrpond to the revelatn that Domo, the prostute, tts posive for HIV (the epimic which has had a chronicled disproportnate impact on homosexual men, specifilly). Right after Gillpie's, Bill go to Nick's hotel and talks to the sk clerk (who is himself overtly d as a feme homosexual stereotype). That jt about vers most of the fg elements of the film's gay arc, but there are some other key pots of tert worth mentng:.