"Same-Sex Three Points" is an American film directed by Paul Bogart, starring Anne Bancroft and Harvey Festern (screenwriter), adapted from the stage play of the same name, released in 1988, this film It tells the three tragic and joyous feelings experienced by an ordinary comrade, Arnold, and the shooting is delicate and moving.
"Three-year-old sees old", when other little boys were running wild in the wild, Arnold hid in the closet, smeared lipstick, and stole his mother's clothes. When he grew up, Arnold played a role as a female singer in a nightclub with heavy makeup and enchanting posture.
After work, he and his colleagues would go to gay bars nearby, everywhere here Lieyan eyes, naturally introverted Arnold sat in the corner, met another man named Ed men.
Arnold and Ed established a romantic relationship, but the latter is bisexual, and he also has relationships with other women. On Arnold’s birthday, Ed was dating Laurel and said, “I need self-esteem, I can’t always be in the muddy gay life”. So the two broke up.
Arnold's second lover was called Allen , a beautiful boy much younger than him. He was intimidated by security guards and fainted at the nightclub. He stayed overnight at Arnold's house. Allen said: "I came to New York to live a gay life." In this way, the two moved in together.
After Arnold finished his third anniversary with Allen, his father died. In the second year, his ex-boyfriend Ed invited Arnold and his new boyfriend Allen to their own farm. The relationship between the four was very delicate. Allen also had a fight with Ed. Laurel felt that the relationship between husband and wife was in jeopardy.
This is just an episode in the lives of Arnold and Allen. They plan to adopt 15-year-old David , who is a gay boy. On the night they were about to celebrate, Allen saw the bullies on the street bullying the old man, who acted bravely, and died unfortunately.
With deep thoughts of Allen, Arnold lived with Ed and David under the same roof. I could not accept that Arnold was a comrade’s mother to visit him. The mother and son quarreled from different standpoints. Although they could never understand the son, because of love, before leaving, the mother forgave Arnold.
"Same-sex three-parties" wins in kindness and truthfulness. It reflects the life of an ordinary American gay. Just like a heterosexual, he wants to stay with his lover for a long time, wants to experience the feeling of raising children, and parents who want to be loved ones. support him.
In Lee's "Wedding Banquet," Weitong said: "Mom, it is very difficult for homosexuals to get along in all aspects and make up together to live together. So Simon and I cherish each other." The difficulty of finding true love. At the beginning of the film, Arnold has a monologue, which can be regarded as a pessimistic experience of many years of life: "If an ugly person likes a handsome person, he will get nothing but suffering."
But Arnold has a serious attitude towards life. At first, when Ed was on two boats and was unwilling to admit his identity, he even stopped losing; when Allen broke into his life, he hesitated for a while and decided to accept it; in the end Ed asked for reconciliation. , Arnold gave him another chance. Tolerance makes people come and go in his life.
Most comrades have passed through a confused and depressed adolescence. This obsession with love will make them less sensitive to life. Some people still can’t find their way in middle age, and some people can’t get rid of their inner feelings for the rest of their lives. Confusion: What kind of life do I want? And Arnold is undoubtedly lucky. What he pursues is a complete family. Children can more or less make up for the emptiness in his heart. Although the family is noisy, there is no lack of joy and tenderness.
"Same-sex Tripartites" starts with the mother's surprise and ends with her departure. The complex emotions towards her mother are the eternal theme of homosexuality. Through the two main scenes of the quarrel between mother and son, the film shows the contradiction between family affection and self to the fullest, with sparks splashing and golden sentences one after another.
Can same-sex love be compared with ordinary marriage? Mother: Do you dare to compare your relationship with Allen with my 35-year marriage? Arnold: You lost your husband in a clean hospital. I lost my lover on the dirty streets. He was killed by a kid who thought the same way as you.
Isn’t gay life not a real life? Mom: Anything that happens to you is a joke. You are never happy unless everyone is talking about homosexuality. Arnold: I have been proving my life all these years.
The only way to dissolve prejudice is love. Mom: You want me to change my mind, but I am too old. You pushed me out of your life, and then blamed me for not being there? Arnold: I don't need others to give me anything other than love and respect.
Reconciliation with his mother relieved Arnold's many years of psychological burden. The support of his lover, children, and parents is the lifelong pursuit of an ordinary gay or ordinary person.
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