[lbo-talk] Brian On "Brokeback Mountain" & "The Reception"

[Colin Brace]

On 2/1/06, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Yoshie wrote:
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> >Montgomery Clift -- the original gay cowboy (The Red River, 1948)

For a real hoot, check out _The Outlaw_ (1943):

Awful beyond belief and, therefore, fun., 22 January 2001
Author: Rockster-2 from New Jersey USA

There are films that are great, films that are not so great, films
that are bad...and then there are films that are so bad, so grandly
misconceived, one can only gape in wonder or roar with laughter (or
both) at their foolishness. Thus an awful film can sometimes provide
more entertainment than many good films. (THE DEVIL BAT, starring Bela
Lugosi, comes to mind.) Watched THE OUTLAW on DVD the other night with
some friends, and we were falling off the couch. I'd always heard
there was a homoerotic subtext to the picture, but this was no subtext
-- gay porn must be more subtle than this film! Walter Huston's Doc
Holliday (or Halliday -- I've seen it spelled both ways in regard to
this picture) is CLEARLY the stud, Billy is a petulant young hustler
who piques his interest (despite his having stolen the older man's
cherished horse!), and Thomas Mitchell's Pat Garrett (Doc's "oldest
friend") seethes with jealousy throughout until he degenerates into
the very apotheosis of a passed over, frantic, shrieking old queen.
"You're not going with him! Everything was fine between us till he
came along!" It has to be seen to be believed. Hilarious! The film's
musical score is the worst -- THE WORST -- I've ever heard. There's
less Mickey-Mousing in a Three Stooges short. So I recommend this one
highly for parties. I guarantee a laugh riot. The thought of the great
cinemotagrapher Gregg Toland (CITIZEN KANE) laboring on such camp
trash is depressing, but he did give the film a fine look.

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  Colin Brace
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