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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:00 AM

A raunchy gay fantasia from Tel Aviv

"Antarctica" pushes global gay cinema to new levels of manflesh hotness. But it's basically an Israeli episode of "Melrose Place" with bad lesbian folk music.

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:17 AM

Oh man

I'd rather watch paint dry than go see this picture.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 04:38 AM

Tel Aviv--a note

Andrew, I don't know if you've ever been to Tel-Aviv, but it actually is a Mediterranean city in its feel, look and food, so it's not just the filmmaker's vision. Tel-Aviv has the largest number of Bauhaus buildings outside of Germany, and you add the very upscale nature of so much of the place. I haven't been there in years, but I was struck by its chic, the blizzard of cell phones, its liberalism, its party atmosphere--and people kept taking us to restaurants that could have been in Italy or somewhere else in Europe. Tel-Aviv couldn't be more unlike Jerusalem.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 05:39 AM

I blame the Zionist occupation movies

Boo Hiss. Boycott, etc etc ...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 06:20 AM

Use of language, editing

Friend,

I'm gay. That's not the problem.

Look, I don't want you nor anyone using the word 'to do' for 'to be with'. I sleep with people; I don't 'do' them.

To better help yourself understand how to use English in a polite way during daytime in print, transfer it into straight...

In the Movie, the Brad Pitt character did the female lead.

Would that get printed?

Why people become Republican...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 04:24 PM

Sex and the City(Tel Aviv)

Tel Aviv resembles hedonistic, outdoorsy cities like Rio, Barcelona and Miami more that it resembles any other city in Israel or in the Mediterranean. Gays and their lifestyle are accepted in Tel Aviv because its a very cosmopolitan place where many artists live and create, live music is played in pubs that never seem to close for the night and people believe in live and let live. Tel Aviv is a rather ugly and not very clean city, but the atmosphere of freedom to do anything and go anywhere 24 hours a day has created an open-mindness that actually made it into one of the great contemporary cities anywhere in the world.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 04:37 PM

Famous Israeli Drag Queen - Who Knew?!

"do", "be with" Yes, it is so tricky. I prefer "bang" but anyway:

for years I've wondered why gay cinema is often so puerile and schizophrenic. It really baffles me. And try to come up with a good gay-themed storyline. Really, it's practically impossible.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 05:02 PM

Thrilling...

...really, absolutely captivating. A story about people who are gay? AND Jewish? Hold the freakin' phone. I'll pay anything to go to this movie. I'll even quit my job, leave my family and move if it doesn't get to a theater near me soon.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 09:57 PM

Best film blog around

I love the gems that Andrew keeps coming up with.

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