The Best of Boys in Love
It takes all these words and more to describe The Best of Boys in Love, a wildly diverse collection of films that mixes of styles, settings, and stories ranging from "elegant gay romance [that is] very sexy" (Frontiers), to a musical send-up of Hollywood-- a la New York s village, to an "exquisite period piece" (Village Voice) set in New Zealand. The Best of Boys in Love DVD features seven audience favorites selected from our collection of award-winning gay short films.Barry Purves' ACHILLES features the Greek "bad boys" Achilles and Petroclus as they battle the Trojans and their desire for each other in this visually stunning animated film.John Scott Matthews tribute to underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, BOOT CAMP, is a cross between a leather bar fantasy and an RKO musical that is "charmingly droll, deftly done, without a wasted frame." (Village Voice)P. David Ebersole's DEATH IN VENICE, CA features a repressed academic who finds himself drawn in by the seductive wiles of his landlady's son.Todd Downing's "inspired and riotous" (Village Voice) DIRTY BABY DOES FIRE ISLAND tells the tale of the bizarre journey of "Dirty Baby", who washes up on the shores of this isle of sex, drugs and debauchery.New Zealander Stewart Main's TWILIGHT OF THE GODS is a sub tropical tale of a Maori warrior who nurses a European soldier back to life.David Briggs' KAREN BLACK LIKES ME is a weirdly funny homage to the 70s cult classic Trilogy of Terror.Patrick McGuinn's SPF 2000 is another homage to early Italian sexploitation films.