A doctor falls in love with a man in a train station after finding a photograph.A doctor falls in love with a man in a train station after finding a photograph.A doctor falls in love with a man in a train station after finding a photograph.
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This is one of the great same-sex films, and it is a pity it is not more available. I fortunately have it on the original Connoisseur video, and recently I excavated it from my attic. Having not seen it for so many years I was overwhelmed by its visual beauty and its romanticism. This film was made when the AIDS crisis was cruelly killing off so many, and putting others into a state of torture through fear they might get infected, or already were, without knowing it, but were too afraid to find out. Also, in society in general, the spirit of the times was lethal towards the homosexual population. The fear of drinking from the same teacup that a gay person had drunk from was no myth, and that was the nice side. Psychological cruelty was rampant, even among gay men themselves. I experienced a lot of this before and after my partner died.
It is in this context the film was made, in all its six small scenes and 18 minutes of length. Here is a man dreaming of love, finding the man he wants to be with and well, the ending is both a reality and the taboo of all taboos - they kiss and embrace on a train. I wonder how many people were given a respite from fear and a hope for a normal life again, and how many read the words on the screen 'Marry Me' not ever dreaming that this too would become a reality. This is not 'Maurice' set in the first years of the 20th C and in its way it was more relevant to those who were going through such mental struggles. And in my opinion, simply from the expert silent actors and their clear passion for each other, the director managed to express equally silently. look how simple and normal love is. Or as D.H. Lawrence said in a poem, 'Look, we have come through!'
It is in this context the film was made, in all its six small scenes and 18 minutes of length. Here is a man dreaming of love, finding the man he wants to be with and well, the ending is both a reality and the taboo of all taboos - they kiss and embrace on a train. I wonder how many people were given a respite from fear and a hope for a normal life again, and how many read the words on the screen 'Marry Me' not ever dreaming that this too would become a reality. This is not 'Maurice' set in the first years of the 20th C and in its way it was more relevant to those who were going through such mental struggles. And in my opinion, simply from the expert silent actors and their clear passion for each other, the director managed to express equally silently. look how simple and normal love is. Or as D.H. Lawrence said in a poem, 'Look, we have come through!'
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- jromanbaker
- Jan 11, 2020
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