Paris Is Burning
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VHS Movie Reviews of Paris Is Burning
Movie Review: I want this movie on DVD right NOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
What's up with the entertainment industry? They shovel [bad stuff] down our throats like Spy Kids 2 and Gigli, but try to find brilliant, daring movies like Paris is Burning or Hoop Dreams on DVD - forget it. You might as well try to find Barbara Bush in a tube top on Bourbon Street. Which, now that I think about it, has an demonic sort of appeal all its own. And with that Wilma Flintstone pearl necklace of hers...what a sizzling hot look! I can hear Beelzebub cackling with delight right now.See you in New York this August, Barbara!
Movie Review: Yes, alive and well
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading many of the reviews I'm saddened to see that most people today don't know that the House scene, still is, alive and very well. The Los Angeles House scene, yes modeled from that of the NY scene, is 11 houses and strong, with many fierce, and fabulous balls to brag about baby. Although most of the categories have been modified and simplified with a lil' L.A. flava our balls hold true to where we first began. Many of the House family members display their voguing in the L.A. hip hop club scene. However our style of voguing has changed slightly, we 'chop', 'sha-blam', and 'shut 'em down' with ol' school/new school flava. Enjoying our unity as a community, a family, and as a people. See you at the next ball.
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Movie Review: 'Reflections' Of Lives That Used To Be .......
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first saw this movie back in 1993, I was only 20 years old, and the first thing that crossed my mind after I saw it was "Aaahh, this is just a movie about a bunch of queens in NY, what-ever!!!" so I saw it once, and never saw it again, I didn't even pay attention to what they were talking about, I had other things in my mind back then. TEN years later (2003), now that I am 30...I decided to rent the video again, and sit down, watch it again and this time really listen to what they had to say. Now at my age, I can trully say, that this film really touched me, because these people are not just a bunch of drag queens and transsexuals, these are real people, with real feelings, hopes and dreams struggling to stay alive and be noticed. There is nothing to laugh about here. I have seen this video now like a hundred times, and it saddens me to find out now, that most of the people on this film are now dead, and their hopes and dreams never came true. My respects goes to ALL of them, because on one way or another, we are all on the same game of survival in this world.Movie Review: Indeed, "Paris" is brilliant, one-of-a-kind / music & dance
Summary: 5 Stars
Indeed this film is about marginalization, impossible dreams, etc., but while the tragic aspect is there, the reviewer from Tokyo is right -- this film may also be one of the most uplifting ever made. I must add, this film is actually an important visual document of classic music from the NYC "Paradise Garage" club era and of that dance style known as "Voguing" -- like rare footage from the era of Birdland and lindy-hopping, or of breakdancing in the early 1980's, the film captures something which can only be seen to be understood. Madonna co-opted it but here one sees its essence, and rarely elsewhere. It is an indispensable VISUAL and AURAL historical document.Movie Review: "Hooray for You!"
Summary: 5 Stars
"if you shoot an arrow and it goes real high...hooray for you." So says Dorian Corey, the tie that binds this film together. Dorian is a drag performer who has been in NYC since the beginning of time and guides us through what is one of the most important documentaries of New York/Gay Men/Drag Queens that has ever been made.Surprisingly touching and infinitely quotable, this is a must-see. It is said that Ms. Livingston has many, many more hours of material...if it is ever produced...count me in.