Lilies
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VHS Movie Reviews of Lilies
Movie Review: Worth watching this very good film if only for one magnificent scene
Summary: 4 Stars
"Lilies" is a very intriguing film full of wonderful performances. It is a re-enactment of a series of events by some Canadian prisoners, and though all of the actors are men, several play female roles in the "play within the film." It takes about 30 seconds or less before you actually believe they are women, even though they do little to change their appearance, because the acting is so good. But there is one scene, probably not even a minute long, that is utterly transcendent, and that sublime moment alone is worth owning this DVD.Movie Review: Superb!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
After 50 or so reviews there's not much left to say. Nevertheless, after watching this film for the second time (as many of others have pointed out)I came to realize the real value of this amazing movie and felt the absolute urgency to express my feelings about it. For me it is not one of the best "gay movies" I have ever seen. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Period.
The plot and dialog are almost Shakespearean. The incorporation a St. Sebastian last minutes of life (as a play) into the plot of the film gives the movie the perfect strength and passion necessary to understand the feelings of the two main characters. All three main roles played by the young actors are of Oscar caliber. The music is only perfectly represented in each scene and if these were not enough, the dramatic supporting roles of the mother and the Countess are magnificently acted and, at the same time, bring enough "camp" to the movie to make its dark plot histerically funny. Not enough? The art direction and photography are so beautiful that I wish I could get a chance to see this movie in a big screen. I wonder if the makers of "American Beauty" got the idea for the rose petal scenes from the love scene in the bathtub in this movie. Bravo Greyson!!!!!
Movie Review: Timeless in its beauty; a classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Based upon the play Michel-Marc Bouchard; LILLIES, is a haunting, yet beautiful poignant love story between two young men (both a couple of adonis'es)in Quebec Canada during the early part of the 20th century. The cast including a Bishop, and man serving a life sentense (in 1952) and his fellow inmates who, act out a play in the prison chapel while holding the bishop captive about an incident which happened 40 years earlier envolving the death of one of the major players. Its a story about forbidden love, death and finally, redemption
The acting was supurb, and the scences flowing from the past to the present was seamless. To tell you more would spoil this beautiful film. It is somewhat difficult to follow in the beginning, during the earlier time period such as which characther is the man in prison and which is the bishop and so forth during the play acting; but just go with the flow of this fine film and all the pieces come together in the end.
Watch this with a loved one; I really loved this film; for this is bound to be a classic in the gay genre; but above all, purchase a copy for your personal collection.
Movie Review: Is there a soundtrack available?
Summary: 4 Stars
Does anyone know if there's a soundtrack available for this movie? Movie Review: Beautiful if theatrical
Summary: 4 Stars
Lilies is a beautiful play and the sense of the play is very much present in the film. That theatricality can be a little off-putting if you are not prepared for it - the inmates performing all the roles, male and female, for example - but for me it does not distract from the simplicity of the story. The soundtrack, sections of a latin mass, composed by Michael Danna, add an ethereally spiritual quality to the procedings. Well worth the suspension of disbelief.