Gay Subtext listed as keywords on imdb. Where and when?
OK, potential spoiler alert.
Gay Subtext - really? When was that and how did they imply it?
Being gay myself, I'd like to know this too. :) Haven't seen the film yet, but that made me more interested in seeing it. :)
Dennis Alexis
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I saw the movie last night, and I'm not convinced that there is any. If anything, it's the way that Italian men are with each other, very affectionate and physical and, shall we say, totally unembarrassed. (I've always found this very appealing about the Italian culture, their demonstrativeness.) And I suppose there are a few people out there who might find boxing a bit homoerotic, but I am really straining now. (Wrestling, yes. Boxing, no.) Nope, just don't think it's there.
It's a very good movie at any rate. At almost three hours, it's long, but you never feel it. And the young men are all gorgeous to look at. (Maybe THAT'S what prompted the "gay subtext" mention on IMDB?)
Did you folks really see this film? It is so obvious that Simone was with the guy who takes him home (and they exhange few punches) to get money exhange for sex.
The collection of short stories about the rough suburbs of Milan and the young men there, this is listed in the credits as a source for the movie. In the written stories there is overt homosexuality, blackmail and such that can and was only hinted at in the movie. The boxing promoter sexually uses his fighters - that much came through.
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