Go Fish was the ultimate '90s lesbian indie flick. It sparked a trend and ignited the careers of the women involved. Where have they been and what have they been up to? Here's what we could track down.
V.S. Brodie (Ely)
The actress appeared as a karaoke singer in The Watermelon Woman with her Go Fish co-star Guinevere Turner and Cheryl Dunye in 1996 and didn't return to acting until last year's The Owls. She now lives in Paris.
Guinevere Turner (Max)
Since starring in Go Fish (her first film), Guinevere has went on to write scripts for American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, BloodRayne and episodes of The L Word. She's currently working on Jamie Babbit's new film, Breaking the Girl.
Migdalia Melendez (Evy)
Migdalia wasn't really an actress — in fact, Rose Troche said she found her at a bar. Rose told Curve, "I was looking for a Puerto Rican character,...
V.S. Brodie (Ely)
The actress appeared as a karaoke singer in The Watermelon Woman with her Go Fish co-star Guinevere Turner and Cheryl Dunye in 1996 and didn't return to acting until last year's The Owls. She now lives in Paris.
Guinevere Turner (Max)
Since starring in Go Fish (her first film), Guinevere has went on to write scripts for American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, BloodRayne and episodes of The L Word. She's currently working on Jamie Babbit's new film, Breaking the Girl.
Migdalia Melendez (Evy)
Migdalia wasn't really an actress — in fact, Rose Troche said she found her at a bar. Rose told Curve, "I was looking for a Puerto Rican character,...
- 10/6/2011
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
The Owls, (an acronym for older, wiser lesbians), is what you might call an experimental thriller, the product of an all-star group of lesbian film icons working as The Film Collaborative. Guinevere Turner, (Itty Bitty Titty Committee, The L Word) Skyler Cooper, V.S. Brodie, (Go Fish) star, alongside writer/producer Cheryl Dunye (famous for 1996 indie sensation The Watermelon Woman).
With several co-producers and producers, there are many cooks in the proverbial kitchen, and many of the main creatives share roles, making good on the "collaborative" title. As such, it's a multi-layered, unique and thoroughly original project – part queer film criticism and part tense, enjoyable fiction.
The main storyline concerns the lives of four friends (though "frenemy" might be a more apt description), all washouts from the 1990s riot grrl/queer activist era. They are, ostensibly older, wiser lesbians (hence the title), though none of them can seem to get over...
With several co-producers and producers, there are many cooks in the proverbial kitchen, and many of the main creatives share roles, making good on the "collaborative" title. As such, it's a multi-layered, unique and thoroughly original project – part queer film criticism and part tense, enjoyable fiction.
The main storyline concerns the lives of four friends (though "frenemy" might be a more apt description), all washouts from the 1990s riot grrl/queer activist era. They are, ostensibly older, wiser lesbians (hence the title), though none of them can seem to get over...
- 12/29/2010
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
Dunye directed the murderous, lesbian thriller The Owls starring Guinevere Turner, playing at the 2011 Palm Springs Film Festival January 6 - 17 with Larysa Kondracki's thriller The Whistleblower (starring Rachel Weisz) and Benedek Fliegauf's female-centric sci-fi story Womb.
An owl is gay slang for “older, wiser lesbian,” apparently (who knew? The gays did, that's who) and the plot of Dunye's murderous thriller involves two forty-something lesbian couples that share a convoluted incident in their past. An unexpected predicament in their present lives sets in motion a seriously uncertain future. starring Cheryl Dunye, Lisa Gornick, Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, Deak Evgenkios, and Skyler Cooper. Who doesn't like lesbians??
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Larysa Kondracki's thriller The Whistleblower is based on a true story of an American cop (Rachel Weisz) who goes to Bosnia, where her job as a peacekeeper leads her to uncover a ring of human traffickers that includes fellow U.
An owl is gay slang for “older, wiser lesbian,” apparently (who knew? The gays did, that's who) and the plot of Dunye's murderous thriller involves two forty-something lesbian couples that share a convoluted incident in their past. An unexpected predicament in their present lives sets in motion a seriously uncertain future. starring Cheryl Dunye, Lisa Gornick, Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, Deak Evgenkios, and Skyler Cooper. Who doesn't like lesbians??
Watch the trailer:
Larysa Kondracki's thriller The Whistleblower is based on a true story of an American cop (Rachel Weisz) who goes to Bosnia, where her job as a peacekeeper leads her to uncover a ring of human traffickers that includes fellow U.
- 12/24/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
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