Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalised groups, and this book details that process for gay men in Sydney, Australia from the 1950s to the present. Scott Mc Kinnon builds the book from a variety of sources, including film reviews, media reports, personal memoirs, oral histories and a striking range of films, all deployed to answer the question of understanding cinema-going as a moment of connection to community and identity – how the experience of seeing these films and being part of an audience helped to build a community among the gay men of Sydney in the period.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
Part One: Friends of Dorothy in the Emerald City
Chapter 1 – The 1950s – Censored from view for all to see
Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1950s Sydney
Regular guys and ‘sister boys’:
Tea and Sympathy
Friends of Tom Lee:
Rebel without a Cause,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and
Some Like it Hot
Chapter 2 – The 1960s – Undeniable
Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1960s Sydney
Poor unfortunate souls:
Victim and Advise and
Consent
The real lives of English youth:
A Taste of Honey,
The Leather Boys and
If…
Chapter 3 – The 1970s – Strike up the band
Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1970s Sydney
A memory of times gone by:
The Boys in the Band
The thrill of the new:
Sunday Bloody Sunday and
A Very Natural Thing
Chapter 4 – The 1980s – Arriving at last, leaving too soon
Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1980s Sydney
The Hollywood gaze:
Fame,
Partners,
Cruising and
Making Love
An independent eye:
Taxi Zum Klo
Chapter 5 – The 1990s – When we were cool
Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1990s Sydney
Made for them or watched by us?
The Sum of Us
To enlighten and remember:
Philadelphia and
Longtime Companion
Chapter 6 – The 2000s – In the shadow of the mountain
Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 2000s Sydney
The film that got us good:
Brokeback Mountain
Staying home or going to the festival:
Another Gay Movie and
Shelter
Part Two: Memories of Dorothy: Memories, Movies, Gay Men
Chapter 7 – Gay kids at the movies – Movie memory and queer childhoods
On-screen memories: Childhood
Remembering childhood cinema-going
Chapter 8 – Others like us – Movie memory and the search for community
Movie memories at the movies: Identity
Learning, reciting and refuting memory
Chapter 9 – We were there – Movie memory and the search for a queer past
Heroes and villains:
Braveheart and
Alexander
Creating ‘our’ history:
Stonewall and
Milk
Conclusion: Gay Men at the Movies
Circa l’autore
Scott Mc Kinnon is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Technology, Sydney. His thesis investigates the role of cinema and cinema-going in the emergence of gay male identity and community in Sydney in the years 1950–2010. Scott’s research is particularly focussed on intersections between cinema and the themes of space and memory. He has also published work on Hollywood teen films and their place in 1950s Australian teen culture.
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