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Mar 29, 2018Byond rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The director's '45 Years' is easier to take for those who grew up thinking the sexual revolution was about new freedoms for heterosexuals. What might link the two films is the attention to character. I might be the type that falls for films that humanize its characters, in spite of the fact that initial reaction to them might be dismissive. When you can hold with it, you might find the humanity there. He has taken a bit of a chance here in portraying quite a bit of drug use along with his sex scenes and friend and family get togethers. He's defended that by saying these drug incidents result from special occasions and shouldn't be taken as central to the lives of his characters. On the extra material he echos the thought once expressed by playwright Edward Albee: a reluctance to be classified as 'a gay filmmaker'; he's gay, and he's a filmmaker. Warning: I share the impression expressed here that deciphering this particular English dialect will likely be hit and miss. I did not locate subtitles, but someone here indicates they are there, though there is still difficulty. Could keep you from missing something that might seem important at the moment.