For this episode along with my guest will be dissecting Derek Jarman’s historical, religious, but ultimately queer debut Sebastiane.
Released in 1976, is set in a sun drenched rocky coast line of the Mediterranean island of Sardinian. With a dialogue entirely in Latin, Sebastiane tells the story of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.
The film is not a biopic by any means but more of a queer BDSM interpretation of this biblical story. The film, was seen as one of the first unlicensed ‘underground’ queer films, which was allowed into the public spaces of commercial cinema and television and one that featured positive images of gay sexuality, in comparison to previously released queer films. But also, interestingly it was also the first ever film passed by the British Board of Film Censors that depicted an erect penis.
To talk to me about the film, I invited along film critic and writer Robert Stinner. It’s a conversation I very much enjoyed where we able to discuss in depth the films audacious homoeroticism, its timelessness and its influence on future queer filmmaking.
Thank you for listening!
Music: James Jones @james-jones-music
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For this episode along with my guest will be dissecting Derek Jarman’s historical, religious, but ultimately queer debut Sebastiane.
Released in 1976, is set in a sun drenched rocky coast line of the Mediterranean island of Sardinian. With a dialogue entirely in Latin, Sebastiane tells the story of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.
The film is not a biopic by any means but more of a queer BDSM interpretation of this biblical story. The film, was seen as one of the first unlicensed ‘underground’ queer films, which was allowed into the public spaces of commercial cinema and television and one that featured positive images of gay sexuality, in comparison to previously released queer films. But also, interestingly it was also the first ever film passed by the British Board of Film Censors that depicted an erect penis.
To talk to me about the film, I invited along film critic and writer Robert Stinner. It’s a conversation I very much enjoyed where we able to discuss in depth the films audacious homoeroticism, its timelessness and its influence on future queer filmmaking.
Thank you for listening!
Music: James Jones @james-jones-music
Follow us on I: @ltcompanion / F: @LongtimeCompanion
EPISODE 19: Attenberg - Interview With Writer/ Critic Marina Ashioti
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EPISODE 19: Attenberg - Interview With Writer/ Critic Marina Ashioti
For this episode we chat with writer/ film critic Marina Ashioti about Greek film Attenberg by director Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Released in 2010, Attenberg was part of the Greek New Wave or otherwise known as Weird Wave, usually consisted of independent films released mid to late 00s to the early to mid 10s, reflecting a time of unprecedented economic and political upheaval in Greece. These films were seen to examine authoritarian power structures both at the national and familial level, often through the lens of an alienated protagonist, which is very much the case in Attenberg.
Attenberg's queerness is very much indebted to its unapologetically awkward protagonist Marina (Ariane Labade), who is intrinsically unable to fit into the heteronormative spaces she inhabits. Marina's predominantly asexual nature sees a sexual engagement with both women and men in a manner that's devoid of any emotion or desire. She is going through the motions, taking her mating cues from David Attenborough nature documentaries.
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For this episode along with my guest will be dissecting Derek Jarman’s historical, religious, but ultimately queer debut Sebastiane.
Released in 1976, is set in a sun drenched rocky coast line of the Mediterranean island of Sardinian. With a dialogue entirely in Latin, Sebastiane tells the story of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.
The film is not a biopic by any means but more of a queer BDSM interpretation of this biblical story. The film, was seen as one of the first unlicensed ‘underground’ queer films, which was allowed into the public spaces of commercial cinema and television and one that featured positive images of gay sexuality, in comparison to previously released queer films. But also, interestingly it was also the first ever film passed by the British Board of Film Censors that depicted an erect penis.
To talk to me about the film, I invited along film critic and writer Robert Stinner. It’s a conversation I very much enjoyed where we able to discuss in depth the films audacious homoeroticism, its timelessness and its influence on future queer filmmaking.
Thank you for listening!
Music: James Jones @james-jones-music
Follow us on I: @ltcompanion / F: @LongtimeCompanion
