Jean Genet Soirée
An evening around writer-thief Jean Genet, whose novels on the rough edges of life and homosexuality have often been adapted for film, for instance by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Oscar Jan Hoogland plays sexy records in the dark, Genet and erotica expert Albert Wulffers talks about Genet and film. Screening of Genet’s short film Un chant d’amour and Fassbinder’s Querelle.
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Un chant d”amour Jean Genet (FR 1950) no dialogue
Un chant d'amour by cult writer, thief and “godfather of queer cinema” Jean Genet created a national scandal. This story by Genet, who wrote many of his works in prison, centres around two prison inmates who lose themselves in homo-erotic fantasies. With live accompaniment by Oscar Jan Hoogland (piano) and Yvo Sprey (voice and guitar).
Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder (BRD/FR/IT 1982) 108”; English spoken, Dutch subtitles.
Fassbinder”s swan song Querelle was based on Jean Genet”s 1953 homo-erotic novel Querelle de Brest. The film caused an outrage because of its frank portrayal of a fatal love affair between two men, the criminal sailor Querelle (Brad Davis) and Nono (Franco Nero). The two men meet in the gambling den/brothel run by Nono”s wife Madame Lysiane (Jeanne Moreau) in Brest. As she sings her favourite song “Each man kills the thing he loves”, Querelle becomes involved in a sadomasochistic game with met Nono.
The openly bisexual Fassbinder said Querelle aimed at creating understanding for the many faces of love: gay, bisexual, sadistic, masochistic or otherwise. “Only those who are free of fear can love without judging; the highest objective of all human endeavour is to truly live your life.”
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The erotica collection of Eye Filmmuseum includes no fewer than a thousand titles, but they are rarely taken off the shelf. Cinema Erotica brushes aside cinematic decorum to present an ode to lust featuring historical curios, films by contemporary artists, talks and musical performances.
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