Here's an ia sure to get your movie to a LOT of film ftivals. Turn Jane Aten's "Pri & Prejudice" to a gay romance. Maker the "prejudice" homophobia and suggt the "pri" is, well, gay. Wrer-director Bym Geisler's "Before the Fall" the characters -- a lovelorn Bent, the proud Darcy, the d Wickham,…
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- A MORN GAY TAKE ON 'PRI AND PREJUDICE' IS HEADG YOUR WAY
- BEFORE THE FALL (VOD REVIEW) – PRI & PREJUDICE GETS A MORN GAY RETELLG
- YOU CAN WATCH THIS MORN GAY 'PRI & PREJUDICE' RETELLG RIGHT NOW
A MORN GAY TAKE ON 'PRI AND PREJUDICE' IS HEADG YOUR WAY
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Jane Aten ’s Pri and Prejudice gets transported to the Amerin South “Before the Fall, ” a morn, gay-themed “reimagg” of the lerary classic. “Appalachia is nsistently picted on film as homophobic and vlent [but] the real world is much more plex than the stereotyp, ” he said. Ultimately, Geiser hop viewers will be remd that “the basic human need to experience life wh the person you love is the same basic need for both straight and gay people” after viewg his film, which premiered at Reelg: The Chigo LGBTQ Internatnal Film Ftival September.
“I feel a huge rponsibily as a filmmaker to prent gay characters who generate a strong, emotnal nnectn wh the dience, ” he said, “and who provi the dience wh an opportuny to abandon prejudic.
Both men form an immediate dislike for each other which be a signifint problem when Ben falls love wh 's a classic se of oppose attractn: Handsome Ben Ben (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set southern Virgia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welr wh a secret that he nightly tri to blot out wh an excs of liquor.
BEFORE THE FALL (VOD REVIEW) – PRI & PREJUDICE GETS A MORN GAY RETELLG
One die film adaptatn is gettg a lot of buzz after s premiere on iTun and Amazon on Tuday. Before the Fall reimag Pri & Prejudice as a gay love story set morn-day Virgia. Filmmaker Bym Geisner tells HuffPost that, although… * before the fall gay *
Bym Geisler's cematilly geo directorial but is a morn day variatn on Jane Aten's classic novel "Pri and Prejudice, " re-imaged as a heartfelt, eply satisfyg gay romance. Geisler and his crew and staff for their subtle and sophistited renrg of a slice of life drawn, my opn, and pecially my experience om real life, gay or gay AND straight, bee om this movie, both apply.
PROMOTED Watch Now SynopsisIt's a classic se of oppose attractn: Handsome Ben Ben is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set southern Virgia, while Lee Darcy is a rough-hewn welr wh a secret that he nightly tri to blot out wh an excs of the Fall streamg: where to watch onle? Turn Jane Aten’s “Pri & Prejudice” to a gay romance. Maker the “prejudice” homophobia and suggt the “pri” is, well, gay.
Y, even the gays. Which is how he ns afoul of the town’s gay legal eagl. When your funnit le is “Open your EYES, Shelby, ” gays quotg om “Steel Magnolias, ” you’re jt lettg know what your movie’s missg — humor, and Southern accents.
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Domtic vlence, alholism and a ready ral willgns to hurl gay slurs smother the warmth of the story. Now the story has been retold wh a gay twist, and a few other alteratns to make feel more morn. Elizabeth Bent has bee Ben Bent, a gay man workg as a rpected attorney ral Virgia.
As a rult, the hard-drkg Ben tak an stant dislike to Lee, as do his homophobic girliend. There’s also a slight gay-movie sense of melodrama masqueradg as romantic longg, which has a tenncy to slow the film down and rult lackg the sense of emotnal urgency that might have helped . I have a feelg that this won’t bee the five gay take on Pri & Prejudice, as while certaly shows the potential of the ia, there seems to be more to be med om the premise and I’m sure one day someone will have another go.
Overall Verdict: Although Before The Fall has a few issu that prevent om beg a plete succs, a sense of romance and an tertg morn, gay take on Pri & Prejudice pull through.