Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in common. Can Max learn to look past the packaging?
Guinevere Turner V.S. Brodie T. Wendy McMillan Migdalia Melendez Anastasia Sharp Brooke Webster Mimi Weddell JoAnne C. Willis Shelly Schneider-Bello Stephanie Boles Julia LaFleur Dorothea Reichenbacher Mary Garvey Jennifer Allen Walter Youngblood Danielia Falcon Art Stone Elspeth Kydd Tracy Kimme Scout Susan Gregson Carolyn Kotlarsky Joanna Brown Betty Jeannie Pejko Alfredo D. Troche Jonathan T. Vincent Jamika Ajalon Michele Cullom Marianna Show All…
Go Fish - Segui il pesce, 钓鱼去, დაიჭირეს თევზი, 고 피쉬
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this movie has an actual pile of butch lesbians... pretty sure more in one shot than all of Hollywood since
this is like fight club for every lesbian in film school
"Make up a name only you'd call me."
Half-romance, half-essay on a specific slice of the director's world, an urban lesbian community and its early 90s milieu. It hides its essay qualities, framing them within the narrative, but some moments are more recognizable than others (the intro is the most blatant, but it has something important to say). Its thesis is complicated, a statement about existence, about erasure, about internalized homophobia and sexism, about love, about expectations. Its thesis is that we don't know what a lesbian looks like or feels like or sounds like or acts like or is because it's Not That Simple but also because we've erased the history through which we might understand.
Note how awkward…
Cutting her nails is in fact an adequate form of foreplay
wholesome !!! love that you can tell that it's completely a labour of love like a home cooked meal from someone u care for. filled with sincerity & authenticity.
lesbian frances ha
the girl you'll meet doesn't look like anyone you know
oh i love lesbians so much. cried
the way max talks about relationships and identity, the way she doesn’t know when to be quiet, and the way she has no clue how to play never have i ever.....she is literally ME!
"It's called Go Fish, not all you can eat" -Daria,
The nineties.
Super low budget film that, for my money, should have become just as famous in 1994 as Clerks. On the surface this is a standard relationship film but under the surface, and in context, it is an important and fun film about lesbian life in the city in the 1990s. The movie deals with a variety of issues impacting the lives of lesbians during that time, most of them relevant still today. The direction is interesting throughout, and the script consistently provides engaging ways of addressing complex issues. I would have loved to see some better performances but after adjusting to the quality the acting became endearing.
Definite recommend.
this is clerks for people whose elliott smith is pj harvey
butch lesbians own my HEART i will die for them
also i just really love this...lesbian films from the new queer cinema movement just hit that sweet spot for me
Could sit in these conversations for hours. Max cutting Ely’s fingernails is maybe the most romantic thing I’ve ever seen onscreen. Daria being put on trial for sleeping with a guy. The power of One Great Haircut. Incredible film.
This and Watermelon Woman are so clearly of a piece with one another, Dunye cites this in her own film + casts Turner. In another universe, these two films would’ve defined 90s independent cinema the way guys like Smith or Burns did. We know why that didn’t happen and it sucks.
