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One of my favorite movies is The Great Escape. If you are a movie lover and haven't seen this one, put it on your short list, because it's one of the best guy movies ever. Anyway, if you've seen it, I have a question.
I've always wondered about the relationship of strong man Danny (Charles Bronson) and the more diminutive Willy (John Leyton). They clearly are best mates, but my friend (and ex-wife) thinks there's no question that they are lovers. I'm not so sure. Given today's sensibilities, their interactions seem to be deeper, more emotional, more angsty than the usual depiction of a couple of male friends in a movie. The movie was made in 1963, though, and I don't think the audience of that time would have assumed they were in a gay relationship. What do y'all think?
Brit
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If your wife is right, a reason the relationship would be understated could be that until 1967 homosexual acts, even in private, were illegal in the UK.
Love,
Anthony
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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Don't ask..... Don't tell.....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Wow! It's never crossed my mind. I've seen the movie tens of times, and yet ... hmm ... possibly, is the only answer I can give.
I would think the relationships in a POW camp would be much like those at a boarding school, and they weren't all sexual in nature. Deep friendships can seem more to those outside them.
Definite food for thought!
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: Music and Cats." - Albert Schweitzer
It's like Mad Max out here: guys doing guys, girls doing girls, girls turning into guys and doing girls that used to do girls and guys!
- from Alex Truelove
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I agree with you Camy. I never gave any thought to that possibility and I am a geezer born in 1939 so I was almost 30 when that movie was made. I think it was just that the guy was trying to protect and help the other guy make it to freedom as he maybe percieved the guy needed help to be able to make it.
Ken
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That's my view as well. Shared hardship, perhaps a deep friendship, definitely a protective element, but no reason to suspect sexual undertones unless your mind can't help itself.
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…is on BBC 2 today, Sunday, 20 July, at 17.15 BST, for those who want to check up.
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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