forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives is a 1992 canadian documentary film about the lives of lesbian women and their experiences of lesbian pulp fiction .

it was written and directed by lynne fernie and aerlyn weissman and featured author ann bannon .

it premiered at the 1992 toronto festival of festivals and was released in the united states on 4 august 1993 .

it was produced by studio d , the women 's studio of the national film board of canada .

in may 2014 , the nfb re-released the film in a digitally remastered version .

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the 1992 documentary forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives has been re - released on wolfeondemand for its 20th anniversary .
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forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives . dir . aerlyn weissman and linne fernie . film board of canada english programs , studio d , 1992 .
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lynne fernie and aerlyn weissman are interdisciplinary artists and award - winning filmmakers , who co - directed the genie and internationally award - winning documentaries forbidden love : unashamed stories of lesbian lives ( 1992 ) and fiction and other truths : a film about jane rule ( 1995 ) .
one of the nfb’s most successful and beloved films of all time is making a comeback after years of being unavailable . forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives has now been re - released in a new , remastered hd version . and we’re celebrating the release with a week full of lgbtq * programming on urltoken !
the 1992 documentary forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives has been re - released on wolfeondemand for its 20 th anniversary to celebrate its place as an integral part of lgbt film history . the documentary is a canadian film written and directed by lynne fernie and aerlyn weissman that documented the lives of lesbian women and their experiences of lesbian pulp fiction . it incorporates interviews , archival footage and dramatizations to illustrate lesbian life in the 1940s , 50s and 60s . check out the trailer below !
throughout the early 90s , studio d produced films that diverged from the studio’s earlier didactic strategies . lynne fernie and aerlyn weissman’s 1992 film , for example , forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives , dispenses with traditional cinematic techniques like voice - over narration in exchange for more experimental forms , including fictional dramatizations of 1950s lesbian pulp fiction . forbidden love contrasts these romanticized reenactments of lesbian love with women’s real stories of struggle within gay , straight and feminist communities . unlike many of the previous films produced by studio d , this technique exposes fragmentation and alienation without affirming a unifying moral .
if you ' re interested in taking a look at a slice of canadian lgbt history to see how much has ( and also what hasn ' t ) changed in our country , the national film board of canada ' s forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives is being re - released in a remastered high - definition version .
bruce , jean .
queer cinema at the nfb : the ' strange case ' of forbidden love .
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at the house of a famous chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret .
in a recent film board of canada production , a character laughingly recommends that the world be governed by postmenopausal women . the film is forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives ; the character is one of the aging women who were interviewed for the documentary . men , she explains , are only boys , and , she adds , we know from lord of the flies what boys are like .
this year’s redux program concentrates on a selection of canadian films directed by women , including lynne fernie and aerlyn weissman’s forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives , janis cole and holly dale’s p4w : prison for women , anne claire poirer’s tu as crié : let me go and tracy deer’s mohawk girls – the latter accompanied by short docs from alanis obomsawin and michelle latimer .
beyond same - sex orientation , there is little if anything to connect this year ' s films to one another in style , mood and theme . aerlyn weissman and lynne fernie ' s film
forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives
is an imaginative mixture of fact and fiction that intercuts documentary interviews about being lesbian in the 1950 ' s and 60 ' s with a cinematic dramatization of a typical 50 ' s - style pulp lesbian novel .
nine women paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality against a backdrop of lesbian representations in popular culture .
goldie , terry .
talking forbidden love : an interview with lynne fernie .
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lynne fernie is a visual artist , documentary filmmaker and the senior canadian programmer for the hot docs international festival of documentary film in toronto . she wrote and co - directed the genie and multi - award - winning documentaries forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives , fiction and other truths : a film about jane rule , and apples and oranges , and her visual art is shown at oeno gallery .
becomes more than a film about history and emerges as an historical act itself . by alerting the viewer to forbidden love’s singularity within the documentary tradition of the
the women’s and gender studies program and the provost’s advisory committee on gender and sexual diversity will present a screening of the documentary film forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives on monday , march 28 at 6 : 30 p . m . at the broadway theatre in saskatoon . the film ' s co - director , lynne fernie , will be in attendance for a reception and q & a following the film . admission is free . there will be door prizes !
i am viewing : forbidden love , now on logo - nyc , still no captions ! ! ! in 2006 ! ! ! sorry - but this is my story : when i first saw this ground - breaking film - truly outstanding among the early documentaries - ( possibly the first depiction ) of : lesbian ( hidden ) history & culture , i enjoyed it immensely , but i had difficulty understanding any speech in the film , because i am deaf - i rely on captions ! it ' s hard to believe that an up - dated newer ( closed caption ) version is not now being shown on logo ! at the same time , as i write , i am amazed how well
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remains one of the best - if not the best - documentary on : forbidden love : the unashamed stories of lesbian lives .
2014 is the first time that forbidden love has been subtitled in french . we look forward to welcoming new audiences across canada with this re - release .
in their appropriation of the lesbian pulp genre , fernie and weissman counter the stereotypes of lesbians that often pervaded these books . their version of events has the couple together in the end , well - adjusted , and leading openly lesbian lives .
brings an important and empowering history of lesbian sexuality in canada out of the closet .
d . metzer . spurned love : eroticism and abstraction in the early works of aaron copland .
reviews recreations of classic works of boys ' adventure stories , with special focus given to robinsonades and the coral island .
the book serves as an excellent companion to the film , recontextualizing forbidden love ' s re - release with rich production detail , pithy formal analysis , critical theory and provocative cultural commentary . —
this was a wonderful film i also saw it when it first came out into theaters . . it ' s a very positive look at lesbian lives . one of the best documentary films i have ever seen . there is some pulp fiction type lesbian story lines and a great discussion with lesbian authors whom writes the classic pulps .
the book serves as an excellent companion to the film , recontextualizing forbidden love ' s re - release with rich production detail , pithy formal analysis , critical theory and provocative cultural commentary . “ pov magazine
e . a . gordon . gala : the lesbian and gay community of song .
history has not much favoured queer stories , let alone lesbian ones . lgbtq history is generally not taught in class ( and the queers who make it into the books often face being straightwashed ) . this is why forbidden love , a documentary that focuses on canadian lesbian history in the 50s and 60s , exists . remastered in hd from its original 1992 release , the film now tells a new generation of the experiences of its queer elders during a time when homosexuality was illegal in canada .
framed through fictional narrative styled after the pulp lesbian novels of the 1950s , forbidden love features interviews from a handful of queer women who came of age in the middle of the 20th century . these women share informative , funny and heartbreaking stories about their lives and the lesbian scenes of the past . they recount tales of their first loves and searching for a queer community in urban areas . between their anecdotes and the archival footage , we get a vivid portrait of life as queer women a few generations ago . however , not all queer experiences can be the same . the directors aptly included stories of white women coming out , native experiences of residential schools and approaching the gay bars and community from a black perspective . these accounts are invaluable for providing a rich and nuanced history ( or rather , herstory ) that isn’t taught in schools . for this reason , forbidden love is a crucial work , reminding us not only how far we’ve come but also granting us a much needed perspective as we come together to celebrate pride this summer .
produced by the nfb’s acclaimed studio d , which specialized in films for , by , and about women , forbidden love features the alternately inspiring , charming , and thought - provoking stories of women who sought same - sex relationships at a time when such a thing was denounced . funny and heartbreaking , the film offers a valuable portrait of the history of an embattled community .
the clga strives to gather the stories of the unheard and silenced voices of the 2slgbtq + first peoples of this land . we acknowledge that some stories have already been lost , and we aim to ensure that those that remain and those that are to come are preserved for the future .
ten women are interviewed about lesbian sexuality and survival in canada during the fifties and sixties . against a backdrop of book covers from lesbian pulp novels , tabloid headlines referring to homosexuality , archival photographs and film clips , these women talk about love , beer parlours and bars for gay women in vancouver , toronto and montreal , male harassment and intolerance and the butch / femme subculture . their stories are interwoven with a fictional love story inspired by the then - popular lesbian paperback novels . novelist anne bannon compares how lesbians were fictionalised with the reality of their experience .
and because this is 2014 , a new low - bid francophone contractor did the captioning on forbidden love , as opposed to the old low - bid francophone contractor on the original . ( who can forget those hydegwye indians ? )
it is certainly one of the most justified criticisms of the nfb’s feminist studio d that it took so long for the unit to produce a feature - length film about the lives of queer women .
bruce and cammaer deal dexterously with the film and the historical discourse it both participates in and disrupts ; in their care forbidden love becomes more than a film about history and emerges as an historical act itself . “ pov magazine
compelling , often hilarious and always rebellious , nine women paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality against a backdrop of tabloid headlines , book covers and dramatizations from lesbian pulp novels .
ten women , most of them in vancouver or toronto , talk about being lesbian in the 1940s , 1950s , and 1960s : discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love , their own first affairs , the pain of breaking up , frequenting gay bars , facing police raids , men ' s responses , and the etiquette of butch and femme roles . interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel ,
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: laura leaves her hick town and heads for the city , where she meets mitch in a bar . sparks fly , and so do laughter and joy . ann bannon , one of the writers of those paperback novels about forbidden love , talks about the genre .
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this feature documentary delves into the rich history of canadian queer women’s experiences in the mid - 20th century . compelling , often hilarious and always rebellious , the women interviewed in this film recount stories about their search for the places where openly gay women gathered in urban centres . contemporary interviews , archival footage , and a stylized fictional narrative based on the pulp novels of the 1950s are woven throughout this simultaneously funny , heartbreaking , and empowering film . forbidden love brings an important and empowering history of lesbian sexuality in canada out of the closet .
e . garber . a spectacle in color : the lesbian and gay subculture of jazz age harlem .
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ten women , most of them in vancouver or toronto , talk about being lesbian in the 1940s , 1950s , and 1960s : discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love , their own first . . . see full summary »
( new york ) , became more viable as opera companies acknowledged the strength of lesbian and gay support .
at once lyrical and psychologically acute ,
the blue hour ,
a german film by marcel gisler , details the affair of a gay callboy and the woman who lives next door .
the influence of lesbian pulp fiction also figures in the discussion . pulp fiction author ann bannon talks about her experience of working in the genre .
there will be a special screening ( don’t forget : remastered in hd ! ) of forbidden love at the tiff bell lightbox on sunday , may 25th at 4 : 30 pm . this screening is presented by the berkshire conference of women historians , the inside out festival , the national film board of canada and women in view .
a . stein . androgyny goes pop : but is it lesbian music ?  .
i saw this when it was released and never forgot it , most of my friends also remember it clearly ! it is a wonderful glimpse into the lives of lesbians in the 50s , in many ways different from now - the hidden = ness and secrecy , the butch femme culture - and in many ways so the same - who was going out with who , when , how they fell in love , broke up , wove their lives and made family of their friendships . highly recommend it as an uplifting piece of lesbian history , and a vision of what we younger lesbians may look like as we age . delightful !
) should broaden the range of criticism across the entire historical spectrum , throw new light on the meanings people attach to the music they identify with , and help to open the way toward new conversations about the power of music of various kinds in peoples ' lives .
and wants to know where lesbian chic came from . it ' s the movie of choice for dykes who suffered through
in four chapters , the authors explore forbidden love’s place within the archive of canadian queer history and its complex engagement with the archival process itself , the critical implications of the film’s unique production process , the peculiarities of the documentary and melodramatic forms the film employs , and finally the film’s colourful history of distribution and re - release . as bruce and cammaer guide the reader toward forbidden love from one angle before changing gears and approaching the film from yet another , one gets the sense s / he is privy to an ongoing dialogue between the filmmakers , the film itself , and the authors of this book . such a reading experience coincides with the model of history ( re ) making upon which the film insists . here we see how bruce and cammaer’s book and fernie and weissman’s film are fundamentally complementary—the book makes explicit what the film perhaps cannot .
lord of the flies is an overseas adventure story , the self - conscious culmination of a long line of boys ' adventure stories .
it ' s like in a book ,
ralph announces after their initial exploration of the island :
this groundbreaking 1996 film by indo - canadian filmmaker deepa mehta , about two sister - in - laws who fall in love with each other , was the first mainstream indian film to explore lesbian love . lesbianism was so outside the experience of hindus , we learn in the film , that their language even lacks a word for it . beautifully told , fire is a must - watch .
see also : the lesbian pulp fiction virtual exhibition drawn from the dworin collection at special collections , york university . urltoken
aitken , will .
' a history film with good sex ' : this nose - thumbing nfb documentary about the repressed lives of lesbians in the fifties tells its story with a salty directness .
coupled with this didactic representation of linda lee’s journey is the filmmakers’ decision to embrace traditional cinematic practices that objectify and further enforce polarized perceptions of gender and sexuality . the most obvious example of this formal choice is the documentation of women working in porn . rather than showing the point of view of the woman facing the audience or camera , not a love story captures its subjects from the perspectives of the observer . as american film scholar and critic b . ruby rich writes , “ not a love story is no call to arms , but rather an exercise in show - and - tell . gaze at the forbidden , react with your choice of anger or outrage or grief… and leave a changed person . ” like linda lee , not a love story’s audience is invited to sit in the position of the masculine observer , to witness the commodification of women’s sexuality , and to applaud one woman’s choice to liberate herself from the degrading world of porn . these didactic tools effectively communicate not a love story’ s message : porn is degrading , and the informed subject can find refuge from such patriarchal degradation by embracing a more balanced instance of heteronormative love .
this film contains scenes of nudity and / or sexuality . viewer discretion is advised . this feature documentary delves into the rich history of canadian queer women’s experiences in the mid - 20th century . compelling , often hilarious and always rebellious , the women interviewed in this film recount stories about their search for the places where openly gay women gathered in urban centres . contemporary interviews , archival footage , and a stylized fictional narrative based on the pulp novels of the 1950s are woven throughout this simultaneously funny , heartbreaking , and empowering film . forbidden love
( full name robert michael ballantyne ; also wrote under the pseudonym comus ) scottish illustrator , autobiographer , and author of juvenile fiction , nonfiction , novels , and short stories .
film description :
compelling , often hilarious and always rebellious , nine women paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality against a backdrop of tabloid headlines , book covers and dramatizations from lesbian pulp novels .
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more nuanced studies of the circumstances of all these composers may link them to patterns of same - sex love or desire that have been discerned among the literary figures of the age of sensibility and of romanticism . that these patterns did not always or inevitably include sexual acts in no way lessens their intensity or importance . reception of their music from a lesbian or gay standpoint ( e . g .
along with the long - awaited re - release of forbidden love , we’re presenting a special selection of programming that deals with issues important to the gay community and their allies . start with the delightfully frank feature doc toward intimacy , which takes a sex - positive look at women with disabilities who are looking for love and intimacy in a world that stigmatizes them . one of the women featured in the film has a hearing impairment and identifies as gay ; her commentary about her struggles , discoveries , and path towards her sexuality is nothing short of inspiring .
[ the colonial stereotype has a ] phantasmic quality—the same old stories of the negro ' s animality , the coolie ' s inscrutability or the stupidity of the irish must be told ( compulsively ) again and afresh , and are differently gratifying and terrifying each time .
not only was the film a hit with audiences , it cleaned up on the awards circuit too : forbidden love won 8 awards , including best feature documentary at the genies . if you have not seen this seminal doc yet , now is your chance to see what all the fuss is about . buy , rent , or download the film today !
photo taken at launch of lesbians making history digital collection , held at the canadian lesbian and gay archives , june 7 , 2015 .
kitschy paperback book covers from the golden days of pulp fiction frame this look at a group of gay canadian women and their separate stories of growing up lesbian in the ' 40 ' s , ' 50 ' s and ' 60 ' s . the reenactments of
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stories of passion are a little enervated and weak , but the women themselves are funny , smart , candid and exciting to listen to . there are some great quotes here , and plenty of funny and poignant memories . the only thing the movie isn ' t is suggestive or sexy . it strives to be informative , and that it certainly is , but we really don ' t get a sense of the sexual thrill behind the headlines . we learn why a married woman would leave her family and surroundings for the embrace of a lesbian lover , but we don ' t sense the drive and passion that keeps them away , or what keeps two women together .
bruce , jean .
querying or ' queering ' the nation : the lesbian postmodern and canadian women ' s cinema .
, that explore the oppression of women . real lesbian or gay characters are of course harder to find . mel and dov , the interracial couple in tippett ' s
forbidden love premiered at toronto film festival in 1992 and went on to receive the glaad media award for best documentary , as well as the genie award for best documentary . after being unavailable for many years , it is now is available to watch and download in a re - mastered , hd version on urltoken for audiences worldwide .
j . rycenga . sisterhood : a loving lesbian ear listens to progressive heterosexual women ' s rock music .
conversely , the non - specificity of musical language and the doctrine of its autonomy from social issues led to a special situation in which music played  and still plays  an important part as both safety valve and regulator in the mechanism of the closet , which is not only a symbol of the hidden nature of many lesbian and gay lives but is arguably the most important attribute of 20th century homosexuality , more defining and universal in western culture than sex acts themselves . in the words of gay author wayne koestenbaum (
makes some further inroads in the complex terrain of historical archaeology by intercutting the now requisite talking heads with reenactments based on the lesbian pulp novels of the fifties and sixties . produced by the women ' s studio of the national film board of canada , the writers / directors aerlyn weissman and lynne fernie had the budget to successfully reproduce a filmic effect similar to the sultry , bad - girl esthetic of the novels . the music croons ; the blonde ingenue nervously nurses her drink ; the mannish ( but elegant ) brunette seduces ; and a new lesbian femme is born , along with a renewed mythology of lesbian history .
if the work being shown in this year ' s festival is an extraordinary mixture of creativity , candor and sophistication among lesbian and gay film makers , some , like ms . zeig , worry that the rebel spirit in gay and lesbian culture could eventually be lost .
irvine , robert .
separate accounts : class and colonization in the early stories of r . m . ballantyne .
journal of victorian culture 12 , no . 2 ( autumn 2007 ) : 238 - 61 .
' s talking heads and archival footage are intercut with a dramatization of a lesbian pulp novel , which climaxes in a sizzling love scene complete with deep kisses and bare breasts , surely a first for the nfb , fernie says , though ' no one at the board ever suggested cutting it . '
a new york writer , musicologist and former professor of lesbian / feminist studies at barnard and sarah lawrence colleges , elizabeth wood is the author of a novel and essays on music , gender , sexuality and ethel smyth , as well as coeditor of queering the pitch : the new gay and lesbian musicology . in 1997 she received the first philip brett award from the american musicological society for decomposition and the lesbian in the opera : desire unmasked in smyth ' s fantasio and fete galante  .
makes for a refreshing read . we can perceive the labour of love that it is ; the project is clearly very dear to the authors and their enthusiasm for the material fosters the reader’s own engagement . the book serves as an excellent companion to the film , recontextualizing
in popular music , the 1990s also saw a reversal of the cautious approach of the 1980s and the emergence of openly lesbian musicians into the mainstream from the alternative space of women ' s music . the extraordinary singer - songwriter k . d . lang , who had earlier invaded the heterosexist field of country music with strongly woman - identified music , and as a result gained a lesbian following , came out decisively in 1992 ( see mockus in
: 1718 ) . but , while maintaining the importance for modern society of the categories of heterosexuality and homosexuality themselves and the process of acculturation that surrounds them , thinking historically about that sense of self has , paradoxically , become the basis of much lesbian and gay critical work . it also underwrites queer theory , the intellectual phenomenon based on the recuperation of the pejorative term queer and the inflecting of lesbian and gay knowledge with postmodern knowledge and ways of thinking . arguing along lines proposed by foucault , halperin (
a study of the lifestyles of gay women from the late 1940s to the early ' 60s , focusing on specialized pulp fiction of the era . included : dramatizations of scenes from lesbian - themed fiction . written and directed by aerlyn weissman and lynne fernie .
, the book is very much in keeping with the film’s efforts to disrupt patterns of erasure in “official” history by reinserting into the record the marginalized lived histories of lesbian women in canada throughout the 1940s , ’50s , and ’60s .
t . orteha . my name is sue ! how do you do ?  : johnny cash as lesbian icon .
mailing address : canadian lesbian and gay archives p . o . box 699 663a yonge street toronto , on m4y 1z9
has the dubious honour of being one of the last films made by the women ' s unit , studio d , as well as the first overtly lesbian film made at the nfb . lynne fernie suggests that the nfb ' s working processes , at the time
as gay and lesbian lives come into mainstream press and media and we are acknowledged and accepted ,
she said ,
i maintain that we ' re not just like everyone else , that our politics and life styles are subversive . we ' re not all interested in fitting in , getting married or joining the military . some of us want to change society , and some of us do that by programming gay and lesbian film festivals .
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there was a fear at the studio that the drama would overwhelm or belittle the women ' s stories in the documentary . but when we shot the drama , we had seen our documentary rushes , and we knew that nothing but nothing was going to overpower the personalities and storytelling of the women in the documentary
lingers upon the book’s conclusion . one wonders to what extent a detectable apathy towards the recording of lesbian histories pervades the archival process and the practice of history ( queer and otherwise ) more generally . what becomes clear is that
such beliefs , when juxtaposed with the public scandals in many european countries and most importantly the trials of oscar wilde in 1895 , leading to a maximum prison term of two years ' hard labour for the misdemeanour of gross indecency with another male person ( under the famous labouchère amendment to the criminal law amendment act of 1885 ) , only exacerbated a climate in which neither the presence of homosexuals in music nor their contributions to it could be acknowledged , and in which the experience of social oppression that informs lesbian and gay lives could not be connected to musicality . given this background , any talk of forbidden and illegal sexuality and music was proscribed . you didn ' t mention it , explained the ninety - one year old virgil thomson to his biographer , offering as ultimate explanation of course everybody knew about the oscar wilde case (
 ( 1977 ) . the era also saw a number of independent ( even rebellious ) women singers . janis joplin , whose major relationships were with women , and who seemed as unashamed of this as of the rest of her colourful life , possessed an intensity that might have founded an entire movement , but for her premature death in 1970 . dusty springfield , the spirited british soul singer who was a lesbian icon , survived a career slump in the 1970s and cemented her gay following by later recording with the pet shop boys .
, but what these principally illustrated was the increasing commodification of lesbian or gay desire and its commercial exploitation . lesbian musicians and composers , in particular , have a tradition of not only remaining outside commercial and institutional networks but also of resisting all musical models , and the work of the composer sorrel hays ( formerly recorded as pianist doris hays , she is a leading interpreter of henry cowell ) , as well as that of the performance artist and composer meredith monk , strongly maintains that tradition at a time when lesbian and gay artists were under increasing pressure to join the mainstream .
in emphasizing the personal over the political ,
i ' ll love you forever . . . tonight
typifies many of the 30 feature films being shown in the festival , which opened yesterday and runs through june 17 at cinema village . while issues like homosexuals in the military and the aids epidemic have a prominent place in the festival , they are more than balanced by films that have no direct link to current news stories and hot talk - show subjects . gender balance
despite the success of experimental and political films like sisters in the struggle and forbidden love , as well as the unit’s public response to accusations of exclusivity , studio d implemented little change within its own workplace during the early 90s . dianne burgess writes : “although the nif allowed for the professional development of women of colour , problems arise when one faces the reality that these contract positions would not necessarily lead to changes in the management structure at the nfb . ” by welcoming more divergent issues and opinions into the women’s unit without implementing substantial change within the institution itself , executive producers subjected outgrowths of studio d to the same limitations they had inherited from the nfb .
) readers who may not be familiar with the film are quickly immersed in its text , subtext , and paratext . bruce and cammaer thoroughly unpack the film’s clever composition of interviews with ten women speaking about their personal experience including lesbian pulp fiction author ann bannon , fictional vignettes parodying the conventions of lesbian pulp fiction itself , and archival footage .
betty was born on a farm just outside in sydney , australia and shirley was born in sudbury in 1924 . the two meet in toronto in the 1960s , where they were apart of the lesbian bar scene that gravitated around the continental . at the time of the…
premise : a study of the lifestyles of gay women from the late 1940s to the early ' 60s , focusing on specialized pulp fiction of the era . included : dramatizations of scenes from lesbian - themed fiction . written and directed by aerlyn weissman and lynne fernie . ( more )
regardless of the number of divergent films produced , the studio was still governed in accordance with the nfb’s tradition of marketing non - partisan and objective images of difference . this structural oversight leads elizabeth anderson to suggest that studio d’s efforts to produce films about women beyond the narrow demographic of the unit’s permanent staff were in fact token efforts that provided “a comfortable , distant way for audiences to sample the lives of people who exist at the margins of the national community without having to fully engage . ” in other words , studio d’s attempt to better accommodate difference actually realigned the unit with the nfb ; studio d’s sub - units like nif only tokenized black and indigenous women’s stories in accordance to the aesthetic and political limitations that the nfb bestowed upon studio d itself .
accordingly , an important strategy among lesbian and gay critics is to insist on the possibility and the importance of different receptions of all kinds of music , an insistence which can undermine any authority or objectivity criticism might claim for itself , and of destroying the essentializing or minoritizing drive to confine lesbian and gay music criticism to style analysis . suzanne cusick , in an extremely radical statement quite early in the movement ' s history ( delivered at the first feminist theory and music conference , 1991 ) , insisted on , and explored , a special lesbian relationship to music itself (
b . w . holsinger . the flesh of the voice : embodiment and the homoerotics of devotion in the music of hildegard of bingen ( 10981179 )  .
this second wave of political action coincided with changes within musicology and criticism brought about by the belated impact of poststructural interdisciplinary ways of thinking . a phenomenon dubbed the new musicology began a process of wresting absolute music from the ideology of universal values , transcendence and autonomy . it also heralded a more inclusive , as well as more firmly located , critical practice that refused to leave the category music unmarked in the traditional manner , but embraced all musical phenomena and avoided meaningless comparisons between different genres and different cultural practices . there emerged around 1990 a group of lesbian and gay scholars and critics prepared to work on lesbian and gay topics with a set of procedures derived from feminist and poststructuralist critiques . like the lesbian and gay musical organizations before them , this group also ignored the traditional genre boundaries . the founding in 1989 of the gay and lesbian study group ( glsg ) of the american musicological society constituted a recognition of this phenomenon .
) . his manipulation of the open secret was more extreme than that of any number of less flamboyant but also closeted gay musicians : the openly flaunted markings of a hidden identity allowed those who adored him to use their adoration ( and his and their mother - love ) to bolster their own sense of difference and superiority .
) . there has also been a long tradition of appropriation of the material from musicals in every conceivable gay context . with the 1970s articulation of gay and lesbian identity , musicals with gay themes or characters arrived , many of them becoming mainstream commercial successes . if
notably , the film is now available for the first time as a subtitled version in french . accessibility to this much - loved film is a big part of maintaining the canadian gay community’s heritage . in fact , just last year , professor thomas waugh ( a well - known queer film theory and history scholar and concordia university research chair in documentary film and in sexual representation ) called for the re - release of forbidden love due to its seminal place in canadian history . waugh says the film is at the “centre of our queer heritage . ”
maya gallus is the subject of this year’s focus on series , which will screen half a dozen of her films from 1991’s elizabeth smart : on the side of the angels to 2013’s derby crazy love . and music documentarian tony palmer receives this year’s outstanding achievement award and attendant retrospective , including his 1968 bbc program all my loving , an episode of his massive 1976 series all you need is love ( the one about the beatles , naturally ) and his 2010 feature bird on a wire , about leonard cohen’s 1972 european tour .
nicole & julie ( 2005 , 50 x 60 ) by grace moon . | resplendent | pinterest | lesbian , fiction and queer art
the canadian lesbian and gay archives is located on the traditional lands of the mississaugas of the new credit first nation , the haudenosaunee , the anishnaabe and the huron - wendat . today , toronto is still the home to many indigenous people from across turtle island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land .
bonnie sherr klein’s 1981 documentary , not a love story : a film about pornography , encapsulates the challenges studio d faced when attempting to disrupt patriarchal norms in a larger project of feminist community building . many women both within and outside of the unit celebrated the film for “representing the first collage of pornographic culture , ” chris sherbarth writes , “presented from a critical—and accessible—perspective . ” not a love story fulfilled studio d’s larger intention to both document feminist movements and take part in their impetus insofar as klein’s documentary simultaneously recorded and contributed to the anti - pornography movement in 1980s . but the film was also criticized for its employment of inherited cinematic forms and its imposition of stagnating moral judgments . much like studio d , not a love story functioned as a point of contention for many feminist groups invested in the possibilities of representation .
this sequel to yossi and jagger finds dr . yossi gutmann reminiscing about his love ten years after his death ; however , as he encounters a group of young soldiers , one of them , tom , reignites his romantic feelings .
ahead of its time , the history of lesbian sexuality was brought out of the closet in this 1992 documentary . featuring interviews from a variety of rebellious women discussing their queer experiences in the ' 40s , ' 50s and ' 60s , it ' s required viewing for any queer woman .
despite its issues with transitioning and diversity within the lesbian community , this trend - setting series portrayed an audience not used to seeing themselves so glam and with a plethora of problems ( not just coming out ) to tackle on screen . the l word candidly explored the drama of lesbian life and pulling no punches , it was a world where you were gay until proven straight .
love is love became the clear motto for dan levy ' s character on the cbc sitcom schitt ' s creek , when he came out as pansexual . kudos to levy for delivering one of the most hilarious explanations to date of what it means to be pansexual :
i do drink red wine . but i also drink white wine and i ' ve been known to sample the occasional rosé . and a couple summers back i tried a merlot that used to be a chardonnay .
there would always have been a danger , in writing a combined article like this , of an imbalance between the sexes : we worked hard to eliminate that possibility , but our editor again did not help us . the change of title , which he would not accept , was a statement of our intent . he also rejected our attempt to relate the gay and lesbian movement post - stonewall and the appearance of lesbian and gay perspectives / studies in music in the 1990s to political and intellectual contexts and developments . these included the impact the women ' s liberation movement of the 1960s had upon lesbian visibility , feminist debates about sex , sex differences and sexual oppression , the women ' s music movement and study of women in music and the development of feminist critique and studies of gender and sexuality .
another phenomenon of the period was the inception of specifically lesbian / gay bands and choruses . among the earliest of these was new york ' s victoria woodhull all - women ' s marching band ( 1973 ) , named after a 19th century feminist and presidential candidate ( and not exclusively lesbian , although its theme song was the dykes go marching in ) , and catherine roma ' s anna crusis women ' s choir in philadelphia ( 1975 ) , still a leading organization in the performance of new music by women . the gotham male chorus , founded in 1977 , later incorporated women to become the stonewall chorale , the first lesbian and gay chorus . in 1978 jon sims founded the san francisco gay freedom day marching band and twirling corps , which became a noted focus for the political aspirations of the large lesbian and gay community in that city ; a gay men ' s chorus soon followed .
the big threat now , of course , is from the pc thought - police . one of sadie ' s innovations is a series of articles on attitudes and ideologies : no problem with nazism or marxism , or with nationalism  on which the formidable richard taruskin pontificates  but the discussion of homosexuality gave a lot of problems . sadie has an article on gay and lesbian music , whose authors  a male brit and an australian female  initially wanted it billed as lesbian and gay music .
very different from this case is the increasing number of examinations of works for cultural traces that are writ large in the surrounding societal context , or identity - based critical interpretations enriched with a sense of the history of culture . work on communities of nuns and on the many women composers of italy , for instance , has prompted questions about how early modern religious eroticism might reflect an erotics of these suppressed voices , and has invited lesbian interpretations of the work of the many religious women who exhibit extravagant devotion to the virgin mary . recent work ( by cusick ) on francesca caccini also shows how a feminist and specifically lesbian approach can enliven and illumine the discussion of historical issues around music and the patriarchy . in view of the various inflections of the orpheus legend , too , significance has been read into the fact that in the monteverdi - striggio
d . eder , s . staggenborg and l . sudderth . the national women ' s music festival : collective identity and diversity in a lesbian - feminist community .
] the opportunity to write abut the entire field ( as opposed to the genre - inflected approach of previous encyclopaedias ) was very instructive . the piece we produced was not intended to close the book on whatever lesbian and gay music might be , but to use theoretical speculation and suggestion to open it up . we hope that anyone reading it will be able to see straight away the possibility of dozens of dissertation or book topics . and we dedicate it to all those who have worked , often at considerable professional disadvantage , in this field that connects our scholarship to our lives in the most fruitful way .
did you know that forbidden love was a huge box - office and critical hit when it was initially released in 1992 ? in addition to a successful theatrical run in canada , the film was also distributed by women make movies in the us , where it played in 60 cities , including a 6 - week run at the film forum in new york city . after its theatrical run , the film played on the cbc in canada and on channel 4 in the uk ( where it was seen by over 1 million people ) .
such tensions of the human spirit brought about by the forces of oppression and the counterforces it also generates are much in need of deciphering in order to make greater sense of social and musical experience , both then and now . by focussing on such matters , a gay and lesbian perspective has the means to expand the entire critical and historical enterprise .
: 29 ) asking questions never posed during musicology ' s long love - affair with straight fact . an example might be the placing of hildegard of bingen ' s lyrical effusions in a context of the medieval eroticization of the body focussed ( in her case ) on same - sex desire . pointing out how insistently queer medieval christianity can be , holsinger (
a lesbian or gay approach to tchaikovsky ' s life would most likely focus on his lively aspects , and the difference he made to the fields of concert music , opera and ballet . for instance , matthew bourne ' s remarkable reinterpretation of
: 10836 ) . at the close of the century , numerous lesbian and gay singers and queercore bands had a crossover popular following , or recorded on mainstream labels , including ani difranco , echobelly , janis ian , dan martin ( founder of outmusic , an organization of lesbian and gay composers and lyricists ) and michael biello , mouth almighty , me ' shell ndegéocello , pansy division , linda perry , placebo , queer conscience , lucy ray , skin , debbie smith , suede , skunk anansie , and sister george . the institution of the gay / lesbian american music awards ( glama ) in 1996 did much to consolidate and encourage an already prolific field of endeavour .
1994 , p 1039 ) . with an emphasis on acoustic instruments , the music is grounded in folksong styles , sometimes inflected with blues , rock , jazz , reggae and even classical music . openly addressing lesbian desire and relationships as well as the feminist critique of patriarchy , misogyny and homophobia , it became important as an arena in which a lesbian community could be forged in the united states .
if you have any interest whatsoever in lesbian lives as they really have been and still are lived this is the documentary to see . no doubt that we have to salute those women who
dared
to show their faces on screen in this documentary ; it ' s not anything we are used to at least not outside the north america . even though the woman portraited are , of course , living in north america it is still a fabulous documentary , actually quite breathtaking in all its
naturalness
. also spiced with a bit of
filmic erotica
i feel is it a necessity to watch for any lesbian woman . bravo to those who came up with the idea and bravo for the woman who dared all along !


the fly ii is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring eric stoltz and daphne zuniga .

it was directed by chris walas as a sequel to the 1986 academy award-winning film the fly , itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name .

stoltz 's character in this sequel is the adult son of seth brundle , the scientist-turned - ' brundlefly ' , played by jeff goldblum in the 1986 remake .

with the exception of stock footage of goldblum from the first film , john getz was the only actor to reprise his role .

the fly ii

the fly ii is the 1989 sequel to david cronenberg ' s remake the fly .
the remaker : the fly ( 1958 ) vs . the fly ( 1986 )
the fly was a box office success upon its release and was critically acclaimed in the press . a sequel , the fly ii was released in 1989 .
younger than they look : martin brundle in the fly ii , who ages to mr . fanservice level in about six years .
unlike its predecessor , the fly ii was poorly received . ryan looks back at a daft yet highly entertaining horror sequel . . .
blue ' s ' fly by ii ' sample of the notorious b . i . g . ' s ' hypnotize ' | whosampled
mechanical engineer : chris walas inc . ( as sir guy of hudson ii )
fly to work from your garden : converted £1 . 1m grade ii - listed essex windmill home comes with its own helipad | homes and property
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seth : [ typing ] if secondary element is fly , what happened to fly ? computer : fusion . seth : [ typing ] assimilation ? did brundle absorb fly ? computer : negative . fusion of brundle and fly at molecular - genetic level .
( 1989 ) ' s credits , a
ii
was added to the same pseudonym .
columbine ii starting engines at davis - monthan afb in 1990 . image courtesy of wikimedia commons
one version of the script had brundle losing his ability to speak while becoming more fly - like , as in the fly ( 1958 ) .
the less said about the fly 2 , or son of brundlefly , the better .
beginning in march 2015 idw publishing released a five - issue comic book miniseries titled the fly : outbreak , written by brandon seifert . [ 27 ] the story is a direct sequel to the events of the fly ii , and features seth brundle ' s son , martin , inadvertently causing a transgenic outbreak while attempting to cure anton bartok , to whom he ' d previously transferred his mutant genes at the end of the fly ii .
fan disservice : the rough and animalistic sex scenes after seth combines with the fly .
the fly ( 1986 ) , the david cronenberg version , is an adaptation of a 1957 short story of the same name . this was the second adaptation after the fly 1958 .
making it big : episode ii - - the imax experience . on urltoken ( content now obsolete ; backup link )
i know an old lady who swallowed a fly , perhaps shell die .
the fly ii wasn ' t big , and it wasn ' t particularly clever , but as an exercise in pure , claret - stained entertainment , it deserves far more credit than it frequently receives .
the windmill is a family home with a five - storey grade ii - listed tower mill - and its own helipad .
the f - 35 lightning ii during a refueling test at dusk in january 2015 . ( tom reynolds / lockheed martin )
the fly ii ( 1989 ) was directed by chris walas , the man behind the makeup and creature effects of both films , and is a direct continuation of the fly . it features veronica quaife giving birth to brundle ' s mutant son before dying , and focuses on the bartok company ' s attempts to get the telepods working again .
the fly ii was released in 1989 , and while it did decent business ( though not to the extent of the 1986 film ) , critics were unkind to it . even in reviews written in the last 10 years ( as harvested by rotten tomatoes ) , the general consensus is that the fly ii is thoroughly sub - par , with an aggregate rt score of 27 per cent and words including
worthless
and
unnecessary
summing up the overriding attitude .
pippa and james matthews ' wedding guests were treated to a breathtaking flyover by a world war ii spitfire after they tied the knot .
if you think the above sounds like so much thinly - drawn pap , you ' re probably half right . where the fly did what all great sci - fi horror films do , which is to flirt with b - movie conventions while adding its own touch of class , the fly ii gives into its schlocky roots almost immediately - had it been another 50s sequel , it probably would have been called son of fly .
movies : scanners ( 1981 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) .
movies : the fly ( 1986 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) .
plane parts also haven’t come cheap , and he said company employees have put more than 8 , 000 hours into repairing the columbine ii .
the score to the fly was composed and conducted by howard shore , and performed by the london philharmonic orchestra . it was released on record , cassette and compact disc ( with three additional tracks exclusively included on the latter ) by varese sarabande , and in 2005 was remastered and reissued on a two - disc set with christopher young ' s album for the fly ii .
the f - 35 lightning ii during a refueling test near the patuxent river in maryland on september 5 , 2014 . ( layne laughter / lockheed martin )
philippe delambre , the now - adult son of
the fly
, does some transportation experimentation of his own .
sylvester stallone began writing the screenplay for rocky iii immediately after wrapping rocky ii ; his original intention was for the films to be a trilogy and nothing more .
star control ii begins on 17 february 2155 , some twenty years after the hierarchy of battle thralls crushed the alliance of free stars in the ur - quan slave war .
like the pair of sequels which sprang from the original the fly ( 1958 ) , this sequel to david cronenberg ' s masterful 1986 remake is uninspired , uninvolving , and wholly unnecessary . directed by first - timer chris walas , the oscar - winning special - effects whiz who created the various viscera for the 1986 remake , the fly ii is merely an excuse to indulge in special - effects . . . read more
though it hasn’t been off the ground , he said he “wouldn’t be afraid” to fly in the columbine ii back to bridgewater at this point . its four engines work and its systems are operational , but more work will be done before the nearly cross - country journey begins .
when ronnie and stathis go to the abortion clinic , ronnie says that
the baby will start off normal
foreshadowing the sequel the fly ii ( 1989 ) . when martin brundle is born , he is a normal newborn baby and 5 years later , he begins transforming into martinfly .
there was a sequel to the 1958 version of the fly called return of the fly , about the son of the horribly mutated scientist . it sucked so bad i almost stuck a fork in my eye . when the time came to make a sequel to the excellent 1986 remake of the fly , would they do a better job ? clutching my fork apprehensively , i hit
play .
the windmill is made up of a contemporary family house linked by a glass walkway to a five - storey , converted grade ii - listed tower mill .
we are confident that the new magnum ii will satisfy the world’s most demanding pro pilots , and we look forward to hearing your impressions of this exciting new wing .
the mind is a plaything of the body : arguably implied by brundle gradually losing his mind as he turns into a fly .
muhammad ali on rocky ii : “a great movie . a big hit . it has all the ingredients . love , violence , emotion . the excitement never dulled . ”
the sequel is the fly ii ( 1989 ) . cronenberg has said that the stories in his films have definitive beginnings and endings , and he has never considered making a sequel to one of his own films , although others have made sequels to cronenberg films , including scanners ( 1981 ) .
quite the pleasant surprise for me to discover that ' the fly ii ' isn ' t a disgrace from the rarefied heights of cronenberg ' s masterpiece . ' the fly ii ' elects a different route with a furiously mean - spirited monster - on - the - loose saga that ramifies from the original while wrenching pathos for the socially maladjusted martin who casually asks
do you have organic matter ?
to the late - night staff of the scientific facility . in an unexpectedly touching scene , martin euthanizes a canine that is mangled from the telepod experimentation . darabont and company inject a lot of wily symbolism with a bug zapper and the flapping sound effects of a helicopter at the opening . when martin metamorphoses into the fly , it ' s an insanely fun , grotesque creature - feature with mounds of gelatinous makeup ( an acid - dissolving face ) and poetic justice for the lead villain . of course , ' the fly ii ' is not the equal of cronenberg ' s mesmerizing remake , but it is contagiously enjoyable , heart - breaking and unapologetic in its bloodletting .
though the plane won’t leave that day , marana will say goodbye to the columbine ii on march 18 . the town is organizing a farewell reception for media , elected officials and others at the airport .
star wars : episode ii attack of the clones is a 2002 film directed by george lucas and written by lucas and jonathan hales . it is the second film in the star wars prequel trilogy .
film critic gene siskel named the fly as the tenth best film of 1986 . in 1989 , premiere and american film magazines both conducted independent polls of american film critics , directors , and other such groups to determine the best films of the 1980s , and the fly appeared on both lists .
the son of the scientist from ' the fly ' discovers that he is being used as a guinea pig by the corporation that owns his father ' s findings .
stages 1 and 2 : subtle , rash - like skin discoloration that leads to facial lesions and sores , with tiny fly hairs dotting goldblum ' s face , in addition to the patch of fly hairs growing out of the wound on brundle ' s back .
it is loosely based on george langelaan ' s 1957 short story of the same name , which also formed the basis for the fly ( 1958 ) .
stoltzfus plans to take the columbine ii to air shows , too , but he said it might be two years before it’s in the condition he’d like to exhibit it in such a manner .
film critic gene siskel named the fly as the tenth best film of 1986 . [ 14 ] in 1989 , premiere and american film magazines both conducted independent polls of american film critics , directors and other such groups to determine the best films of the 1980s , and the fly appeared on both lists .
victims include a gaunt scientist , whose spine is broken like a twig against a railing , a security guard whose face is reduced to the consistency of soup , and another security guard whose head is squished like a pumpkin under the floor of a lift ( a seen which initially prompted the mpaa to give the fly ii an x rating ) .
by the time it came time to make the sequel to the fly , walas was eager to branch out into direction . unfortunately , the result— the fly ii —was poorly received by both critics and audiences . critics often cited the makeup as seeming to take precedence over the story . walas ' s second stab at directing , the vagrant , was a troubled production from the start , seeing a seemingly endless turnover in crew during shooting then barely receiving a release . the critics again savaged it and again pointed out that the special effects seemed much stronger than the story line .
thousands of single - seat spitfire planes were used by the royal air force and allied countries during world war ii , and there are only 50 - some aircraft that are still airworthy .
it is believed seth and ronnie ' s baby is conceived when seth and ronnie have sex on brundle ' s couch 39 minutes into the film . in the fly ii ( 1989 ) , martin brundle inherits seth ' s mutant genes , and it is logical that martin brundle was conceived after seth went into the telepod with the housefly trapped inside .
a brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man / fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong .
bloodier and gorier : flies eat by vomiting acid . david
head explodey
cronenberg is behind a giant fly movie . do the math .
this is the first fly movie to be shot in the 1 . 85 : 1 ratio . the three previous films were all shot in 2 . 35 : 1 .
welcome to russell mulcahy ' s renegade version of highlander ii : the director ' s cut . you hold in your hands a radically different version of the film than the one released to theaters in 1990 . in order to understand why a restored version of highlander ii was desired by the creators , a brief history on the original film production is needed . when highlander ii : the quickening was being shot in 1989 , the director , russell mulcahy , and the producers , bill panzer and peter davis , ran into problems with the film ' s distributor . the outcome of these problems resulted in neither the director nor the producers having the final cut on the american release of highlander ii . the british release , which occurred several months later , was personally funded by the producers and nigel green of entertainment productions to re - edited the film with additional footage . unfortunately , neither of the highlander sequels seen in theaters in 1990 was the film the director or producers really intended you to see .
nothing spreads faster than fear . . . be part of the outbreak march 2015 . the official cover has been revealed , which teases some of the iconic imagery remembered from the 1986 classic . it is not clear how this new comic will tie into the 1989 sequel the fly ii , which starred eric stoltz as the son of brundlefly . that film was not directed , or associated , with david cronenberg .
the kind of sequel that looks as if it might have been made on the set of its predecessor after the director and cast had gone home , the fly ii is an enjoyable romp which , while nothing to david cronenberg ' s 1986 horror flick , also takes nothing away from it - except , of course , director cronenberg and stars jeff goldblum and geena davis .
space combat - fly your armada against alien ships in an all - out brawl to the death ( unless you run away . . . ) .
once in bridgewater , stoltzfus said , the project would become more of a cosmetic restoration effort than a repair . he’s researched the columbine ii and found color and fabric information and wants the makeover to be as authentic as possible .
in 1990 , the theatrical version of highlander ii : the quickening was released in america with a running time of 89 minutes and 53 seconds . the renegade version of highlander ii : the director ' s cut adds approximately 18 minutes of new footage to the film , bringing the running time to 109 minutes and 27 seconds . this new director ' s cut is significantly different from the previous american version . we recommended that you watch the renegade version before reading the synopsis of the new footage found on this page .
sometime thereafter , the columbine ii will rise from the ground and head east . stoltzfus said he has stops he wants to make in new mexico and texas because of the amount of interest there’s been in the plane from aviation enthusiasts and others .
not his sled : played with : when seth enters the transporter with the fly , he doesn ' t pop out as a human - fly hybrid . . . at least not right away . as we later learn , while the fusion did occur , due to it happening on the genetic level , the transformation is taking its time . . .
various looks were tested for the makeup effects . some early test footage can be seen on the 2005 the fly : collector ' s edition dvd , as well as the blu - ray release .
chris did the special makeup on scanners and with the crew of his special effects compnay , cwi ( chris walas inc . ) , he did the creature effects for the fly and naked lunch .
various looks were tested for the different stages before the perfected versions seen in the completed film were arrived at . some early test footage can be seen on the 2005 the fly : collector ' s edition dvd .
if you wanted to pick fault with the fly ii , you could probably do so for hours . like so many sequels , very little happens for a logical purpose ( martin grows into 20 - year - old eric stoltz because it gets the story moving along more quickly , for example ) , but that ' s hardly a particular fault of this film alone .
merging machine : seth finds out that the teleporters will inadvertently merge creatures at the chemical - molecular level if teleported simultaneously because it was only designed to teleport one at a time . because seth has much more mass than the fly he has been merged with , the process only gradually mutates him into a man - fly hybrid rather than instantaneously .
the fly holds a 91 % approval rating on rotten tomatoes , based on 57 reviews . [ 15 ] in 2005 , time magazine film critics richard corliss and richard schickel included the fly in their list of the all - time 100 greatest movies . [ 16 ] time later named it one of the 25 best horror films . [ 17 ] the film was ranked # 33 on bravo ' s 100 scariest movie moments . [ 18 ] similarly , the chicago film critics association named the fly the 32nd scariest film ever made . [ 19 ]
eisenhower was aboard columbine ii over new york city in december 1953 when air traffic controllers briefly confused the plane , known to them as “air force 8610 , ” with eastern airlines flight 8610 , according to the white house museum .
in 2015 , idw publishing released a five issue comicbook sequel to the film titled
the fly : outbreak
, which follows martin as he accidentally causes more genetic mishaps .
throughout the film , seth does not kill anyone . he only wounds and severely injures . however , in a deleted scene , seth kills the baboon / cat hybrid . additionally , a scripted scene that was never shot , was one in which seth kills a bag - lady in an alleyway . in the sequel , the fly ii ( 1989 ) , unlike this film , martin brundle kills four people .
jim worked on the creature effects of the fly as part of the cwi ( chris walas , inc . ) crew . he later was the project supervisor on naked lunch and the visual and special effects supervisor on existenz .
movies : fast company ( 1979 ) , the brood ( 1979 ) , scanners ( 1981 ) , videodrome ( 1983 ) , the dead zone ( 1983 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) .
special effects and creature makeup artist . nationality : american . born : chicago . education : william paterson college , new jersey ; los angeles city college . career : 1978—began with roger corman productions doing makeup and effects on such low - budget films as piranha and humanoids from the deep ; 1981—graduated to first - class productions with raiders of the lost ark ; 1984—first major credit on a major studio film with gremlins ; 1989—directorial debut with the fly ii ; tv work : directed two episodes of tales from the crypt series . awards : academy award , best makeup , for the fly , 1986 .
the columbine ii came on stoltzfus’s radar in october 2014 , when he read an aviation magazine article about the owner’s decision to sell or scrap it . he said he hoped someone would buy and preserve the plane , but he didn’t want to be that guy .
super strength : brundle merging with the fly gives him a mild form of this , enough to rip open a man ' s arm in an arm - wrestling contest .
appreciated as such , the fly ii is one of the better - made genre movies to appear in the late 80s , with a sympathetic performance from eric stoltz ( which is just as well , given the grotty things his alter - ego gets up to later in the film ) , some good early work from frank darabont on co - scriptwriting duties , and lots and lots of messy practical special effects - a cocooned martin is a particular favourite .
chris walas , the makeup and animatronics director on david cronenberg ' s remake of the fly , takes a stab at directorial duties in this sequel . before seth brundle morphed into scrap metal in the original the fly , he managed to leave behind the seed of his legacy , and at the start of the fly 2 his son , martin ( eric stoltz ) , has suffered an accelerated growth , thanks to his fly genes . although played by stoltz , martin is supposed to be only five human years old , and unaware of his imminent transformation into a fly . all his life , martin has been confined to a laboratory at bartok industries , where evil ceo bartok ( lee richardson ) plans to breed a new race of super flies . martin spends his days working in the lab experimenting with teleportation . but then martin meets beth ( daphne zuniga ) , an attractive researcher . martin is attracted to her , but not only do his hormones kick in , so do his fly genes . soon , martin begins to transform into a bug just like his father . desperate to stop his transformation , he wreaks revenge upon bartok while trying the find a mate with which to swap his unwanted fly genes before it ' s too late .
the story that began in david cronenberg ' s film update of the fly continues with a five - issue miniseries the fly : outbreak written by brandon seifert ( hellraiser , witch doctor ) with painted interior and cover art by menton3 ( silent hill , monocyte ) . issue one will hit in march and will boast variant covers by jason edmiston and lukas ketner .
created by toys for bob , star control ii was released for the pc in 1992 , and the 3do in 1994 . the 3do port included remixed music , spoken dialogue , and 3d - rendered cut scenes , among other version differences . the ur - quan masters ( also known as uqm ) is a free port of star control ii for modern personal computers and operating systems , derived from the 3do code because the original pc source was lost . uqm removes bugs , enables network play and serves as a base for mod projects .
despite cronenberg ' s prior assertions that he does not make sequels to his films , he returned to the fly for the opera the fly in 2008 , and his proposed sequel film project would mark a second return to the material , as well as his first sequel to one of his previous movies . [ 34 ] [ 35 ] however , the film is not moving forward . [ 36 ]
martin is the son of a human woman and a half - human half - fly mutant , thus making him one - quarter fly on his fathers side . let me just mention here that humans and chimpanzees , which share 98 % of the same genetic material , can ' t cross breed , so the idea that brundle - fly and a human female would successfully reproduce is extremely unlikely . be that as it may , if such an offspring were produced you would expect him to have certain fly - like characteristics . for example , the great strength brundle - fly displayed in the first movie is fine , since pound for pound insects are many times stronger than mammals . but superior intelligence ? no . cocoons ? no . that ' d make a good spoof title :
the caterpillar ! very scary , kids ! watch out ! he ' ll . . . eat your rose bushes !
greater scope villain : by proxy , corrupt corporate executive anton bartok , the head of bartok industries and seth brundle ' s employer who helped financed his experiments that is what led seth to slowly turn into a human fly and would later become the big bad in the sequel by trying to deliberately repeat the flaw to create fly hybrid soldiers for his company , would count despite the character not being formulated until the sequel .
a prototype of stage 2 , featuring more exaggerated facial discoloration , open sores , and peeling skin ( test footage of this version can be seen on the fly ce dvd ) .
before all that , though , veronica fell pregnant , and the fly ii begins with a hideous sequence in which the poor woman gives birth to an oozing mutant - a fulfilment of the maggot birthing nightmare she suffered three years earlier . but as veronica ' s former magazine editor stathis ( the returning getz mentioned earlier ) looks on aghast , it ' s revealed that this yoghurt - covered foetus is just a cocoon - within lies an apparently normal human baby .
sometime next month , stoltzfus expects to have the columbine ii flown from marana regional airport in marana , ariz . , to dynamic aviation’s headquarters in bridgewater . once there , efforts will be taken to restore the 1948 lockheed c - 121 constellation to its former glory .
: seth bites his fingernails when hes nervous , which eventually makes him realize that something went wrong when he teleported . as the transformation progresses , he develops a fly - like twitch .
at one point , the fly ii was planned as a more level - headed sequel than the one we ended up with . only tenuously related to the themes of the original , an early treatment had seth brundle ' s consciousness surviving inside a telepod computer , which falls into the hands of bartok industries . in a cross between the final movie and a cyber thriller like the lawnmower man , brundle takes controls of bartok ' s building and kills everyone , before veronica helps him to reform his old body with the help of his telepods .
what ' s the best way to approach the renegade version ? think of the sequel as a totally new and different highlander adventure starring the same characters found in the first film . the renegade version of highlander ii : the director ' s cut gives fans the opportunity to see the film in a new light , the way that russell mulcahy , bill panzer and peter davis originally wanted you to see it . enjoy !
second interview : a short scene that features veronica quaife conducting a videotaped interview with seth brundle ( after his superhuman exercise as seen in the completed film ) , in which he mistakenly theorizes that being teleported has somehow improved him . a slightly different version of this scene appears in the fly ii , which contains alternate takes and dialogue that does not appear in the workprint version of the scene as presented on the dvd . additionally , geena davis ' s dialogue is overdubbed by saffron henderson , who took over the role of veronica in the sequel .
in the lead - up to release , lucasfilm released another series of web documentaries , and experimented with other promotional tools , including episode ii select , ahmed best ' s on - set videos , [ 9 ] star wars : connections and r2 - d2 : beneath the dome .
the 75 - year - old founder and board chairman of dynamic aviation said the convergence of his loves of aviation and history piqued his interest in saving the columbine ii , because the aircraft can help illustrate the eisenhower era for young people . but it wasn’t until he saw the then - decrepit plane sitting unsheltered at the arizona airport that he knew it was a calling .
it has some of the most graphic blood effects i ' ve seen , including a head popping like a zit under and elevator and a man whose face is dissolved away in corrosive fly vomit .
movies : the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , crash ( 1996 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) .
while this sounds like a reasonable idea in itself , it strays far from the body horror roots of the original - something the finished fly ii does well . admittedly , the sequel recycles those themes rather than building them into something new ( and those tender moments of tragedy and pathos which punctuated cronenberg ' s film are sorely missing ) , but in a weird sort of way , a straight horror movie is probably a more fitting way of following the 1986 story than a movie about a demon seed - like rampaging computer .
that weapon is raytheon’s stormbreaker bomb , formerly called the small diameter bomb ii or sdb ii bomb . after years of rigorous testing , the u . s . air force has cleared it for initial production and use . it can glide for miles and it carries a powerful warhead , but what truly sets the guided weapon apart is its seeker , which operates in three modes : millimeter - wave radar , to track targets through any type of weather ; imaging infrared , to distinguish targets from other objects ; and laser , to follow either an airborne designator or one on the ground .
seth brundle ' s increasing mania and personality changes in the early stages of the transformation were emphasized in the rewrites , and the notion of the transformation itself being a horrible ( and very metaphorical ) disease became a key factor in the new script . also , in this version , brundle was clearly transforming into a bizarre hybrid creature as the result of a genetic fusion , whereas in pogue ' s version , powell was being taken over by the fly ' s cells , which had been absorbed into his body ( thus slowly transforming him literally into a giant fly , rather than brundle ' s deformed man - fly mixture ) . cronenberg ' s version also retained such moments as brundle catching a fly in mid - air , the fingernail - pulling , and the maggot - baby dream ( which was moved to an earlier point in the story , and used for thematic and plot purposes rather than as an end - of - film shock moment ) .
as with many of cronenberg ' s films , the fly deals with themes of bodily disfigurement or metamorphosis and the darker aspects of human emotions and behavior . an underlying aspect of the story is the doomed love affair between goldblum and davis and the resulting rivalry between goldblum and getz .
whilst this fly is not as tightly scripted or keenly directed as its parent , it does have pace , breathless tension and the sort of gross - out effects that rules out kebabs for some time after the credits have rolled .
seth , in horribly dysfunctional part - fly , part - telepod form and incapable of speaking , begs to veronica to do this to him , which she reluctantly and grief - strickenly does .
the film was later parodied in the itv sketch comedy show hale and pace ( 1986 ) . norman pace is seen going into one telepod and is teleported into the other , and he comes out as a zipper . the word
fly
is slang for the zipper on a pair of pants .
romantic fusion : brundle wants to do this with veronica and their unborn child . naturally , with him being a disgusting half - fly humanoid abomination , she does not want to go through with it .
after amputating the insect leg , the script additionally called for brundle to encounter a homeless woman in the alley , upon whose face he would vomit and subsequently consume . however , this segment was written out of the fly before filming , even though an actress had already been hired to play the baglady . the scripted sequence appears on the dvd .
movies : the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , crash ( 1996 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) , spider ( 2002 ) .
the magnum series has been used by more professional tandem pilots around the world over the past 5 years than any other wing . we are proud of the magnum’s legacy and it has been a very difficult job to improve upon the original design . our goals were to maintain the best characteristics of the original magnum while making it even easier to fly .
at the same time , the fly ii is produced with such conviction that it ' s difficult not to enjoy its pantomime villainy and bloody excess . it ' s not in the same league as its predecessor , inevitably , but there ' s a sense that walas knows this ; while clearly respecting what cronenberg did before ( a loving tribute to the canadian auteur can even be spotted in one scene , where a security guard reads a book called the shape of rage ) , walas appears to understand that what he ' s making isn ' t high art , but a fun horror flick .
in this same way that the original fly movie did not need a sequel , but got one anyway , the remake gets an unneeded sequel as well . don ' t waste time watching this movie , it ' s not bad , just annoying .
he also described the project as
more of a sequel or a sidebar . it was a meditation on fly - ness . none of the same characters or anything and , of course , with an understanding of modern technology .
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it ' s stathis boran ' s fault that seth brundle transforms into brundlefly . if stathis hadn ' t made his vile threat against seth by posting the magazine of seth and his telepods at his warehouse , veronica wouldn ' t had walked out during their celebration of the first successful teleportation and seth wouldn ' t hadn ' t gotten drunk and gotten teleported along with the fly and gotten his genes fused with the fly on a genetic molecule level and he wouldn ' t had gotten fatally shot in the head by veronica .
following on from the events of the fly , the sequel opens in the headquarters of bartok industries . a shadowy company only mentioned by name once or twice in the original , bartok financed seth brundle ' s ill - fated teleportation research , which ended with the scientist consumed by housefly dna and shot dead by his longsuffering lover , veronica .
review : like the pair of sequels which sprang from the original the fly ( 1958 ) , this sequel to david cronenberg ' s masterful 1986 remake is uninspired , uninvolving , and wholly unnecessary . directed by first - timer chris walas , the oscar - winning special - effects whiz… ( more )
) is already a toddler . he ' s kept in a bartok lab and monitored around the clock by doctors and scientists . he also shows signs of super - human intelligence which makes perfect sense since he ' s part fly !
maybe even weirder than its novelistic origins is the fact that
die hard
is sort of a sequel . thorp ' s original novel is a sequel to his 1966 novel
the detective ,
which also featured the joe leland character and a mystery involving a shadowy figure from his world war ii past ( a lot of stuff happened during world war ii , huh ? ) . in 1968 , the novel was made into a movie of the same name , with frank sinatra in the title role and a supporting cast that featured lee remick and jacqueline bisset ( plus a memorable score by jerry goldsmith ) . 20th century fox made
the detective
and was contractually obligated to give sinatra first shot at the role in the
sequel ,
even though he was nearly 80 at the time .
the magnum ii was more than three years in development , and has been tested thoroughly in all flyable conditions ; from high wind launches to tail wind launches , high mountain air to coastal soaring and everything in between . like the original magnum , it is strong and versatile enough for any professional tandem pilot , and excels in all conditions .
in 2008 , the american film institute distributed ballots to 1 , 500 directors , critics , and other people associated with the film industry in order to determine the top ten american films in ten different genre categories . cronenberg ' s version of the fly was nominated under the
science fiction
category , although it did not make the top ten .
what professional pilots will notice first when flying the magnum ii , is an easier launch due to a much lighter sail . incredibly , without reducing the wing’s strength or durability we have reduced the weight by 640g . this has improved not only the inflation and launch , but the in - flight behaviour as well . the next obvious improvement is the reduced brake pressure . pro pilots will appreciate the easier feel in turns and also a more sensitive and easily accessed flare for soft landings .
cornfeld then heard that cronenberg was no longer associated with total recall and once again approached him with the fly . [ 5 ] cronenberg agreed to sign on as director if he would be allowed to rewrite the script . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
now , because of the popularity of the highlander films and tv show , the renegade version has been assembled to set the record straight . the desire to present highlander ii with its original vision intact is not , however , just about restoring footage and correcting the order of events . fans of the original highlander were dismayed to discover that in the sequel their beloved immortal , conner macleod , was really an alien from another planet called zeist . this explanation of his origins was too farfetched for fans who desired more of the mysterious immortal with an unknown past . these same fans will be happy to discover that all references to the planet zeist have been removed from the renegade version . now conner and ramirez are from
a long time ago
where their immortal origins are shrouded in mystery . the mythos surrounding the immortals , which has grown along with the popular television series , is reinforced in this new revisionist version of highlander ii .
the fly is a 1986 american science - fiction body horror film directed and co - written by david cronenberg . produced by brooksfilms and distributed by 20th century fox , the film stars jeff goldblum , geena davis and john getz . loosely based on george langelaan ' s 1957 short story of the same name , the film tells of an eccentric scientist who , after one of his experiments goes wrong , slowly turns into a fly - hybrid creature . the score was composed by howard shore and the make - up effects were created by chris walas , along with makeup artist stephan dupuis .
veronica dies giving birth to martin - the child she conceived by seth brundle - half man half fly . martin continues seth ' s teleportation experiments , to the demise of his girlfriend , when he finds his insect genes are overpowering his human ones , with unpredictable consequences .
upon its release , the fly was critically lauded , as was goldblum ' s tour de force performance . the film was a huge commercial success , the biggest of cronenberg ' s career , and was the top - grossing film in the united states for two weeks , earning a total domestic gross of $ 40 , 456 , 565 .
in one early version of the ending , veronica is unconscious after brundlefly throws her into telepod 1 . when the brundlepod emerges from the prototype telepod , the raging and mortally wounded creature crawls toward the injured stathis borans , who manages to grab a loose wire jutting from the telepod - human - fly hybrid creature ' s back and jams it into an electrical socket . the brundlepod is liquified by the electricity .
in 2003 , it was announced that a second remake of the fly was being developed , to be directed by todd lincoln , produced by fox searchlight pictures , and released in 2006 , but this did not happen . [ 28 ] [ 29 ]
movies : the dead zone ( 1983 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , friday the 13th : the series ( first season , episode 12 :
faith healer
) ( 1988 ) naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) .
in one early version of the ending , veronica is unconscious after brundlefly throws her into telepod 1 . when the brundlething emerges from the prototype telepod , the raging and mortally wounded creature crawls toward the injured stathis borans , who manages to grab a loose wire jutting from the telepod / human / fly - hybrid creature ' s back and jams it into an electrical socket . the brundlething is liquified by the electricity .
the fly imitates a giant shrimp with its size of 9 cm in total , but is built on a hook # 2 , using materials such as : rabbits , orange arctic fox tail , with pearl embroidery thread , rubber bands of red and . .
after arriving in bay 17 , martinfly grabs bartok , types in the password
dad ,
and forces himself and bartok into telepod 1 , gesturing for beth to activate the gene - swapping sequence . despite bartok ' s pleas for mercy , beth activates the sequence , and when the two are reintegrated in the receiving telepod , martin is restored to his fully human form , his fly genes now removed from his body , and bartok suffers the fate of becoming a freakish monster himself . in an ironic twist , in the final scene the mutated bartok is placed in the same specimen pit where he had kept the mutated dog . in the final shot , bartox sees a fly land on his bowl and stares at it .
screenwriter charles edward pogue wrote the first draft of the script . when david cronenberg was hired as director , one condition was that he be able to rewrite the script to his satisfaction . cronenberg substantially altered the characters ( and their names ) , the dialogue , and much of the plot . however , key details from pogue ' s script ( the fusion of man and fly and details of the metamorphosis ) were retained .
movies ( as production designer ) : the dead zone ( 1983 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , dead ringers ( 1988 ) , naked lunch ( 1991 ) , m . butterfly ( 1993 ) , crash ( 1996 ) , existenz ( 1999 ) , camera ( 2000 ) .
as he ran , rocky was tailed by groups of kids – in fact 800 local philadelphia children were used as extras for rocky’s inspirational training montage in which a chorus of children also sing an updated version of bill conti’s “gonna fly now” .
for the ending that did make it into the final print , sylvester stallone recalled that he filmed ten different takes of the moment when rocky wins the championship belt and lifts it over his head saying : “yo adrian , i did it ! ” . stallone said the line confidently and victoriously on all but one take , when he decided to put a more emotional spin on the line . that is the version that made it into the film , making the ending of rocky ii one of the most touching moments in the series as rocky shares his pride in such a heartfelt way with his wife .
sequel to david cronenberg ' s , the fly is a misfire due to the fact that it just fails to capture the intensity of the original and strips away the tension that was featured so prominently in the original . the film started off well , but towards the middle , the film started to come apart and you could clearly see why the film was doomed to become an unnecessary sequel . after seeing this , you realize that david cronenberg ' s remake of the fly never needed a second part , but at the same time , it peaked my curiosity to see what sequel to that film would bring . disappointingly , it just ended being a bad film with awful performances , decent , but ultimately cheap looking gore effect and poor directing . the cast do what they can = with such a poorly constructed script , and most of the cast just end botching their performances . this is a stupid sequel that should never have been made in the first place , and it will surely disappoint fans of the original . this is a film not worth your time and it fails to capture the chaotic horror of the original . the film had potential , and if cronenberg would have made it , and wrote the script , this film would surely have been much better . however it is just really boring with an underdeveloped storyline and poor direction and lacking performances . the fly ii isn ' t worth seeing if you ' ve seen cronenberg ' s movie , and it should have been much better . instead the film fails at being interesting for the viewer and it lacks anything truly worthwhile that would normally make it a good movie .
the whole thing was meant to work like this : to start the clock ticking , technicians would inject a corrosive solution , copper chloride , into the side cartridge , and then clip the bomb to the bat’s chest . they would then load the bats into the trays and the trays into the bomb , cool it down enough that the bats would think it was hibernation time , fly the whole thing to japan in the belly of a plane , and release the bomb over the target city . in midair , the bomb would set free the trays , which would stay attached to the parachute . the bats would thaw out , wake up , and disperse , settling into nooks and crannies all over the city .
in the 1990s , geena davis was reportedly involved with an alternate sequel to
the fly
, to be directed by her then - husband , renny harlin , titled
flies
. the script was said to feature a story where veronica does not die in childbirth , and instead gives birth to twin boys .
the quote
be afraid . be very afraid .
was also used as the film ' s marketing tagline , and became so ingrained in popular culture ( as it—and variants—have appeared in countless films and tv series ) that a large number of people who are familiar with the phrase are unaware that it originated in the fly . [ 9 ]
with a slightly increased aspect ratio and 6 more cells , the magnum ii outperforms the original not only in comfort and ease of use , but also in glide performance and climb efficiency . a new line plan has allowed an 18 % reduction in line drag , allowing you and your passenger more time in the air , if you want it . and if you don’t , the proven “ear - blocker” system will get you down quickly and easily .
all stathis borans needed to do was phone 911 and tell them that a deranged ex - boyfriend abducted his girlfriend from the abortion clinic in a blind rage - the gaping hole in the surgery wall should be fairly adequate proof . however , to be fair to him , stathis understandably thought the police would never believe that said crazed ex - boyfriend was a fly - hybrid monster with super strength . just a few minutes before he was having a hard time explaining to the abortion doctor brent just why veronica needed the abortion immediately in the middle of the night , since he couldn ' t straight up tell him the baby could be a fly monster , fathered by another fly monster ; brent would think they were both crazy . also , even if he phoned the police , he most likely knew by the time they got to seth ' s apartment it would have been too late for veronica , so he might as well get there first as fast as he can with or without backup before anything horrible happens to her .