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Onodera, Midi

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1986

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Onodera, Midi

Year

1986

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A striking split screen is used throughout the three scenes that make up this provocative film, which deals with communication, sexuality, and alienation. In Scene One a lesbian and a straight woman discuss their planned sexual encounter. Scene Two is an extended overhead shot of two men who meet in a bathroom stall. Scene Three depicts phone sex between a man and a woman.

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Schneider, Paul

Year

1986

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Cleverly written and brilliantly cast, Something Special is a Hollywood teen transgender comedy about a girl who gets to be a boy. Try to imagine an ABC Afterschool Special with a queer sensibility and a sophisticated sense of humor—Something Special is super fun for boys and girls, and for girls who want to be boys. Milly Niceman gets her "deepest, darkest heart's desire" when she wishes on a magical Indian eclipse powder. She wakes in the middle of the night to discover she's grown "a guy's thing down there." When Mr. and Mrs. Niceman tell her she must choose between being a boy or a girl, she asks innocently, "Can't I be both?" As Muddy Waters sings “Mannish Boy” on the soundtrack, Milly becomes Willy and learns what it means to be a boy: his girlfriend develops a new kind of interest in him, and so does Willy's new pal Alfie (a differently abled boy who refers to his wheelchair as a lunar module). When Alfie confesses his "unnatural desires," Willy goes for the hetero option and decides he wants to be a girl again. Wishing upon a star does the trick, and Alfie and Milly go off together as happy hets.  Although the film ultimately doesn't allow for homosexuality as an option, it plays extensively on homoerotic potentials, and has a blast with traditional gender roles. Patty Duke gives an outstanding performance as Mrs. Niceman, and Pamela Seagall is uncannily butch and boyish as Willy (and as Milly).  Briefly released in 1986, Something Special quickly disappeared from view and has been unseen theatrically since.

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Dougherty, Cecilia

Year

1986

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1986

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1986

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DiFeliciantonio, Tina

Year

1986

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The compelling story of Todd, a young San Franciscan with AIDS, and the people who provided him with practical and emotional support during the last months of his life.

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Mach, Henry

Year

1986

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Inevitable Love is an erotic, explicit story of two supposedly straight male friends and wrestling partners who go their separate ways, have a number of gay sexual experiences, and end up reunited, passionately, inevitably in love.The settings are familiar to erotic film fans—an army barracks, a gymnasium, a restroom, the grubby dressing room where factory workers hang out, the front seat of a car—but the action is different. Some is very quiet and sensual involving feathers and whipped cream. Some is more raunchy and some is just fun, including a strip poker game. It's all related to the story of Hal, who runs off to grad school, and Gary, who joins the army. Gary makes love with his army buddies, with Casey Donovan in the car, and with coworkers, all the while writing letters to Hal, wanting to come out to him but never being able to. Gary's life takes a romantic route as he becomes involved with a respected—and very sensual—gay activist and writer. The producers call Inevitable Love a healthy sex video because they've chosen to portray a wider spectrum of sex—intercourse with condoms for one—than can be currently be called absolutely safe. Still, this is an important new step in erotic filmmaking and a film that shows how easily we can modify our behavior.

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Mach, Henry

Year

1986

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Inevitable Love is an erotic, explicit story of two supposedly straight male friends and wrestling partners who go their separate ways, have a number of gay sexual experiences, and end up reunited, passionately, inevitably in love.The settings are familiar to erotic film fans—an army barracks, a gymnasium, a restroom, the grubby dressing room where factory workers hang out, the front seat of a car—but the action is different. Some is very quiet and sensual involving feathers and whipped cream. Some is more raunchy and some is just fun, including a strip poker game. It's all related to the story of Hal, who runs off to grad school, and Gary, who joins the army. Gary makes love with his army buddies, with Casey Donovan in the car, and with coworkers, all the while writing letters to Hal, wanting to come out to him but never being able to. Gary's life takes a romantic route as he becomes involved with a respected—and very sensual—gay activist and writer. The producers call Inevitable Love a healthy sex video because they've chosen to portray a wider spectrum of sex—intercourse with condoms for one—than can be currently be called absolutely safe. Still, this is an important new step in erotic filmmaking and a film that shows how easily we can modify our behavior.