A Point Missed
Added 6/23/2009
I think there is a point that most people overlooked. This is set in the late `70s or early 80's. Notice, no computers, no cell phone, and certainly no internet. More importantly the attitudes are more along the lines of the fifties and sixties. Logan has no gay support groups and the students, the straight ones, are afraid of or hate gay people. This makes this a period piece of life thirty years ago. From what I observed currently, Logan, now, would probably admit he's gay, ask Rodeo to the dance, and probably would have been well received.
That said, it does however convey the absolute loneliness as it was back then. Also, the level of self-deception involved and the denial that permeated that era. If Logan actually existed, he'd be in his early forties and seeing this would only shake his head in wonder.
Downside of this movie is it is disjointed and has to be seen several times to get everything out of it.
I'll give it four out of five stars.
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more than what it seems
Added 1/28/2009
In my opinion (and that's all this is), this movie is more than just a 'coming of age' or 'gay-themed' story. The cinematography and the way the narrative is presented is very much an artistic statement. I think to some people this might seem distracting from the main plot of the movie. However, I feel like this movie is more situational rather than plot-driven, so its context depends on dislocated and sporadic moments and states of mind in the characters, rather than a linear progression of events. The film is as powerful in content as it is in its formal qualities, and should be appreciated for both of these merits.
It is clear that this movie is not intended as a mainstream film production, and perhaps not a mainstream mindset or understanding of narrative.
My two cents, for what it's worth.
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Wild Tigers I Have Known
Added 12/24/2008
This movie is mediocre. I really don't remember anything about this movie to report on. If I had to say thou I would buy this movie over any of the Boys Briefs.
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Well, first of all, it breaks your heart
Added 12/17/2008
All the wild tigers and all the Logans chasing thereafter. A soft,sweet dream of a movie,and brave. To approach the most important person in your life, in this case, Rodeo, and to climb that tender, delicate, so perishable ladder and say I love you, knowing giddily, so perfect, please.
And the bravery pays off--I still live, I am not destroyed--as Logan runs off into the world, knowing finally, he is of worth and immense value. The simplicity, the hard-won complexity, and the naceant knowledge that some day someone will phone Logan, full of fear, and Logan's gentle creamy voice will say back, don't worry, you are safe, relax.
One person's need for another human being in the wild tiger years of adolescence and faith in tomorrow, done in lovely cinematography and summery memory colors, a film of healing, a film of hope.
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Expecting conformity in art?
Added 9/5/2008
Unlike the other 'critics' here, I found this film quirky and ultimately refreshing. The director isn't trying "too hard to make a art house film", rather, he's made something unusually refreshing without blood gore. Since when are art house films supposed to be predictable and pat? Given that the boy's mother is queen of the 'double bind'- "I love you/I hate you", he's desperately trying to deal with that and his burgeoning gay sexuality. Maybe most people in America are now so sated that they are expecting some patent commonalty in gay, coming of age films. The gay community both old and young are about DIVERSITY, not cookie cutting conformity even in how we develop our individual sexualities. My childhood was not like this boy's, but still I empathize with exactly what he went through. What may put off a lot of the viewers is the fact that the boy's fantasies are intermixed with his actual physical reality. That worked in "My Life In Pink", it works here and I think over all the movie is brilliantly posed and executed. Even the very ending was enchanting where the boy waves and runs up the hill like a bunny, how could you not love him?
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