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27 maggio 2025, 22.30 / Cinema De Seta

panorama queer / homintern

Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

John Greyson

Canada 1986 / 27’ / v.o. sott. it.

sarà presente il curatore della rassegna Călin Boto

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[ita]
Il videotape di John Greyson sul suo viaggio al Festival della Gioventù di Mosca del 1985 è, nel migliore dei sensi possibili, il lavoro di un agitatore politico e formale: sgradevole, eccentrico, spiritoso e sensuale, sessualmente esplicito, politicamente lucido e del tutto dialettico. Narrato come una storiella imbarazzante raccontata a un suo “amico di letto”, la memoria della visita a Mosca si perde in vivide curiosità sulla cultura gay underground, sulle voci della Guerra Fredda e sui rapporti occasionali, proprio come le sue registrazioni documentarie ci conducono a un momento fittizio e speculativo di un’intervista televisiva di Aleksandra Kollontaj, a frammenti di un thriller di spionaggio (Ice Station Zembra, 1968) con Rock Hudson, che all’epoca stava morendo per cause legate all’AIDS, e al porno gay.

[eng]
John Greyson’s videotape from his trip to the 1985 Moscow Youth Festival is, in the best sense, the work of a political and formal agitator: nasty, quirky, witty and sensual, sexually explicit, politically lucid, and wholly dialectical. Narrated as an awkward story told to a curious friend with benefits of his, the memory of visiting Moscow will take a detour into vivid curiosities of underground gay culture, Cold War rumors and hooking up, just as his documentary recordings will take one into a fictitious speculative moment of Alexandra Kollontai giving an interview for television, snippets of an espionage thriller (Ice Station Zebra, 1968) starring Rock Hudson, who back then was dying of AIDS-related causes, and gay porn.

 

John Greyson

[ita]
Regista, videoartista, scrittore, attivista e insegnante. Le sue opere hanno ottenuto riconoscimenti in festival di tutto il mondo. Tra i suoi lungometraggi: Urinal (1988 – Teddy Award come miglior film di finzione al Festival del cinema di Berlino); Zero Patience (1993); Lilies (1996); Uncut (1997); The Law of Enclosures (2000); Fig Trees (2008 –Teddy Award come miglior documentario al Festival del cinema di Berlino); Photo Booth (2022). Come regista televisivo ha collaborato a episodi di serie come Queer as Folk, Made in Canada, Drop the Beat e Welcome to Paradox. Collabora a vari progetti mediatici contro la censura, l’aids, la pace e progetti queer su vari media tra cui The Olive Project, Deep Dish tv, Blah Blah Blah e Aids Action Now. I suoi contributi come membro e attraverso il servizio nei consigli di amministrazione di organizzazioni artistiche includono V/Tape Distribution, Inside Out Film/Video Festival, Euclid Theatre, Trinity Square Video, Charles St. Video, Lift (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto) e Beaver Hall Artists Housing Co-op.

[eng]
He is a filmmaker, video artist, writer, activist and educator whose productions have won accolades at festivals throughout the world. His feature films include: Urinal (1988 – Best Feature Teddy, Berlin Film Festival); Zero Patience (1993); Lilies (1996); Uncut (1997); The Law of Enclosures (2000); Fig Trees (2008 – Teddy Award for Best Documentary, Berlin Film Festival); Photo Booth (2022). As a TV director, his credits include episodes for series like Queer as Folk, Made in Canada, Drop the Beat and Welcome to Paradox. He is active in various anti-censorship, AIDS, peace and queer activist media projects, including The Olive Project, Deep Dish tv, Blah Blah Blah and Aids Action Now. His contributions as a member and through service on the boards of arts organizations include V/Tape Distribution, Inside Out Film/Video Festival, the Euclid Theatre, Trinity Square Video, Charles St. Video, Lift (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto) and Beaver Hall Artists Housing Co-op.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

John Greyson

Canada 1986 / 27’ / v.o. sott. it.

screenplay John Greyson

cinematography John Greyson

editing John Greyson

sound Gary Kibbins, Colin Campbell

cast Michael Balser, Colin Campbell, Louise Garfield, Duncan Keir, Pat Wilson

producer John Greyson

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