Dear All,
German film fans might be interested in a screening of Fassbinder's Querelle (1982) this Wednesday at 6pm at Filmhouse, Edinburgh as part of the Introduction to European Cinema season I curate: http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/querelle-jan15/
For those interested in LGBTQ cinema generally, I will be discussing My Beautiful Laundrette (Frears, 1985) at Eden Court, Inverness on 15 February as part of LGBT History Month: https://www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/my-beautiful-laundrette
Best,
Leanne
Dr Leanne Dawson
Lecturer in German and Film Studies
Edge of Words Project Coordinator
University of Edinburgh
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LGBT History Month Scotland - My Beautiful Laundrette | What's On | Eden Court
Omar (Gordon Warneke) is a young Pakistani man living in London in the mid-80s who is tasked by his entrepreneur uncle with managing a run-down laundrette. He bumps into old friend and fascist gang member, Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), and gives him the ...
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Querelle - Filmhouse Cinema Edinburgh
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's final film is an adaptation of Jean Genet's infamous novel 'Querelle de Brest'. Querelle is a sailor on shore leave. Following an argument, in which he stabs and kills his drug-smuggling partner, he seeks shelter in a nearby brothel.
There he befriends the predatory madam, Lysiane, who leads him into his first homosexual encounter. From then on Querelle embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and sometimes violent sexual self-discovery that will transform him forever. Share Tweet
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