Sunday, June 29, 2008

Kissing Soldiers

Men sure were more affectionate in movies in the 1920s and 30s. Can you imagine soldiers in Jarhead or Flags of Our Fathers or Stop-Loss lip-locking?


In preparation for the next episode of the Best Picture From The Outside In series (next eppy coming your way on Wednesday) I watched All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) today. It's now the third consecutive Best Picture winner (Wings, Broadway Melody before it) with plentiful same sex affection and kissing. How very curious... and also: my how times have changed.

2 comments:

Neel Mehta said...

Can you imagine soldiers in Jarhead or Flags of Our Fathers or Stop-Loss lip-locking?

Didn't see it, but Jake Gyllenhaal was in Jarhead, so, yeah, probably.

I get your point though; Hollywood was both more and less secure in its sexuality back then.

Shameless plug time: My misleading movie logline quiz might fit in your next link list.

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