The Purpose of this Blog...



Originally, it was "To watch all the important films in World Cinema and write something intelligent in response."



It was an ambitious goal, and I was making some progress. I have slowed down considerably. This is still meant to be a blog of poetry about film. I may add some trivia or prose. I just added a poem about a cable series. It is an evolving project.



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Sunday, July 12, 2009

L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune (1907); Director Georges Méliès'

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The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)


Part of Georges Méliès' oeuvre

of "Artificially Arranged Scenes"

this film is overlooked

for what it really is:

the first depiction of gay sex

on the big screen



That the celestial act happens

between the sun and the moon

does not make it any less

queer



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A clip can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgSZ6ZNGAM

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