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Looking for Langston
Why this pick
Julien’s dreamlike black-and-white collage shares Giannaris’s poetic queer imagery, charged glances, and sense of desire existing between confinement and imagined freedom.
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MOVIE1989 0h 40m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Young men find themselves scattered and defencelessly exposed to a merciless sun. Their gaze moves off searchingly into the distance. Deserted places appear to offer vague promises of refuge. On a prison wall, an explosive image of desire emerges, full of hope for freedom.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME