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The current state of gay cinema part 2 (Monika Treut / Paul Morrison)

Still from Ghosted by Monika Treut
Ghosted

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Monika Treut is an independent German filmmaker who has explored female and lesbian sexuality in her films since her debut feature, the controversial Seduction: The Cruel Woman, in 1985. She followed it up with the coming-out tale Virgin Machine in 1988. She turned to documentary in 1992 with Female Misbehavior, four portraits of ‘bad girls’ including Camille Paglia, and made the acclaimed Gendernauts in 1999, which portrayed a group of transgendered people in San Francisco. In 2001, Treut made Warrior of Light, a documentary on Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, an artist and human rights activist who works with slum children in Rio de Janeiro. In 2002, Treut travelled to Taiwan and became fascinated by the country. She made the documentary Tigerwomen Grow Wings about three generations of women, and recently returned to fiction with Ghosted, an unconventional love story between a German artist and a Taiwanese woman set between Hamburg and Taipei.

Virginie Sélavy talked to Monika Treut during the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, where Ghosted has its UK premiere.

5pm Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com

audioListen to the podcast: The second of two podcasts looking at the current state of gay cinema includes Virginie Sélavy’s interview with Monika Treut + guest interviewer Chris Patmore, from Films and Festivals magazine talks to director Paul Morrison about his film Little Ashes, which looks at the relationship between Dali and the poet Federico Garcí­a Lorca, as played by Twilight star Robert Pattinson and Javier Beltrí¡n respectively. (Part 2 of 2)

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Federico Garcí­a Lorca played by Javier Beltrí¡n and Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes

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The current state of gay cinema part 1 (Kenneth Anger / LLGFF)

Kenneth Anger at the Imperial War Museum, photo by Damon Cleary
Kenneth Anger at the Imperial War Museum, photo by Damon Cleary

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To herald the arrival of London Gay Pride weekend, Virginie Sélavy talks to infamous experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger about his career, from his ground-breaking Magick Lantern Cycle to his recent return to the medium after a 20-year break.

Friday 03/07/09, 5pm, Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at www.resonancefm.com

audioListen to the podcast: In the first of two podcasts exploring the current state of gay cinema, Alex Fitch looks at this year’s London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and at the short film collection Boys on Film 2: In Too Deep + Virginie Sélavy’s interview with Kenneth Anger. (Part 1 of 2)

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Links:
Read a transcript of Virginie Sélavy’s interview with Kenneth Anger
Artforum article about Anger’s recent films
London Pride film screenings

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