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New Recomendations vol.6 |
| Hush!(Japan 2001) |
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The manifest of having
a baby in the 21st century. |
| Ryosuke
Hashiguchi,the director of Hatachi no binetsu, and Nagisa no
shindobaddo, directed a new film after 5-year interval. It comically
and delicately depicts relationships of men and women who start
taking the first step to be grown-ups. This love story of 21st
century involves 2 gay men and a woman. The three believe that
human being is essentially alone but choose to be with someone
eles. Sensing a new choice of life beyond bitterness and ahead
of resignation, and recovering from practical problems, they
search for the possibility of a new type of family. |
| Director |
Ryosuke Hashiguchi |
| Cast |
Tanabe Seiichi/Takahashi
Kazuya/Kataoka Reiko |
| Official
Website |
http://www.cine.co.jp/hush/index.html |
| Information |
DVD & Video release
on Nov. 22, 2002 |
| Lost and Delirious(Canada 2001) |
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A shocking epilogue three girls
arrives at last. |
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Lost and Delirious is based on a novel "The Wives of
Bath" by Canadian famous writer, Susan Swan, and it adventurously
and delicately depicts adolescent girls' intensive feeling.
Set in a shattered private boarding school, the adolescent
girls' more intensive love than sexual passion that grows
with friendship and loyal sentiment stands out. Over sensual
and violent struggles, girls know the difficulties of love
and its definition.
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| Director |
Lea Pool |
| Cast |
Piper Perabo/Jessica Pare/Mischa
Barton |
| Official
Website |
http://www.tsubasa-movie.com/ |
| Information |
DVD & Video release
on Nov. 8, 2002 |
| comment |
Lea Pool is a director of Emporte-moi
(Title in USA: Set Me Free) which was run at Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival last year.
Lost and Delirious depicts Paulie and Tori's intense love and
adolescent girls' fluctuate relationship via new student Mary.
Set in Canadian private boarding school, the movie is beautiful
and sharp as vast nature of Canada. (Thank you for your posting.) |
| Riding in Cars with Boys(US
2001) |
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I did everything wrong
and everything right, and everything is mix of my happiness. |
| An impressive
true story of a single mother who has a son at the age of 15
and goes through her 20 years full of troubles and makes the
dream of becoming a writer true. "Thank you, boys"
is a keyword only allowed to positive women who don't give up
dreams at any time. For Beverly Donofrio, it's phrase of love
toward her worst enemy and dearest ones, father, lover and son. |
| Director |
Penny Marshall |
| Cast |
Drew Barrymore/James Woods/Lorraiene
Bracco |
| Official
Webite |
http://www.spe.co.jp/movie/thankyouboys/ |
| Information |
DVD/Video & rental
video service available from Aug. 23, 2002 |
| Gaudi Afternoon(USA 2000) |
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Cassandra Reilly (Davis) is an American
translator who has moved permanently to Barcelona. The hot femme-fatale
Frankie Stevens (Harden) is another American in Barcelona. Her
husband, Ben, has disappeared under mysterious circumstances,
and she asks Cassandra to help her find him. As she offers a
significant amount of money for the assistance, Cassandra simply
can't refuse. Soon she finds herself caught up in a family's
darkest, deepest secret that Frankie is a man and her husband
Ben is a woman.
As she searches for Ben to reunion a family, Cassandra herself
breaks down herself, her own problems between mother and daughter.
Every character suffers from own secret but seeks for better
and happier life. This movie depicts every character lovingly
in a unique and vivid human drama. |
| Director |
Susan Seidelman |
| Cast |
Judy Davis/Marcia Gay Harden/Lili
Taylor |
| Official
Webite |
http://www.tdf.toshiba.co.jp/tdf/gaudi/ |
| Information |
DVD & Video release on Dec. 21,
2002 |
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