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dividedbyblueThree weeks for Dreamwidth: Which sapphic films were in some way special to you?
Carol (2015)
I think this is no surprise, as the film is special to many people. It is a beautiful film, and frankly, seeing Cate Blanchett in anything is nothing less than a joy.
I saw this movie in a small local theatre/ art center. The art centre always screened a different recent movie on Tuesdays, a few months after a film had its official nationwide release. I knew I wanted to see this one based on the trailers, but I had no idea what to expect, whether the movie would be good or bad. I hadn’t read any reviews. However, I got seated in the crowded little theatre room, and from the first moments when the movie started, I was enchanted by it. The music with which the film begins is beautiful; it just captivates you immediately and takes you by the hand to show you this wonderfully crafted 50s winter, near-holiday setting.
The movie is charmingly slow and full of sapphic longing from two women of different social statuses and different age. It depicts the process of falling in love with someone and getting to know them, as well as the rougher parts of it, when sometimes reality tries to destroy your tender heart.
It is my favorite sapphic movie, and I sometimes rewatch it during the holiday season. It always manages to to enchant me again.
Bound (1996)
This is also a very well-known film. It was the first sapphic movie I watched. I was young still, somewhere in my teens. I remember seeing the movie mentioned in a TV guide, and reading the description, I knew was a movie about two women falling in love. It had an age suggestion of 18+. When I tuned in for the movie and saw the TV presenter introduce the movie, I remember laughing because he said the 18+ label was because of the violent scenes, not for the 'other’ scenes, as they could be ‘educational'.
The movie contains violence, but it also has a happy ending. And the chemistry between Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon is really amazing.
Een Vrouw Als Eva (A Woman Like Eve) (1979)
I think this older Dutch movie has been forgotten a bit nowadays. I don’t know what the general reception of this movie was when it came out, but it must have been revolutionary to have a sapphic romance movie produced in the late seventies. It features Maria Schneider as a lesbian character, and while the movie was made a long time ago, I always found that it was pretty modern in its depiction of the love story.
A Dutch woman visits a local music festival and falls in love with a female singer who performs there (Maria Schneider). The singer lives in a commune of women in France, and pleasantly, apart from Dutch, the movie also contains parts in French and English, as the Dutch woman and Maria Schneider’s character communicate with each other in French and English.
With this movie, a bit like with Carol, I was a bit enchanted by the music featured in it. I think I saw it in my 20s. The fact that it’s in my native language is fun, and it’s actually the only Dutch sapphic romance movie I know of. The story is nice for its time. I think it’s still worth a watch nowadays.
Carol (2015)
I think this is no surprise, as the film is special to many people. It is a beautiful film, and frankly, seeing Cate Blanchett in anything is nothing less than a joy.
I saw this movie in a small local theatre/ art center. The art centre always screened a different recent movie on Tuesdays, a few months after a film had its official nationwide release. I knew I wanted to see this one based on the trailers, but I had no idea what to expect, whether the movie would be good or bad. I hadn’t read any reviews. However, I got seated in the crowded little theatre room, and from the first moments when the movie started, I was enchanted by it. The music with which the film begins is beautiful; it just captivates you immediately and takes you by the hand to show you this wonderfully crafted 50s winter, near-holiday setting.
The movie is charmingly slow and full of sapphic longing from two women of different social statuses and different age. It depicts the process of falling in love with someone and getting to know them, as well as the rougher parts of it, when sometimes reality tries to destroy your tender heart.
It is my favorite sapphic movie, and I sometimes rewatch it during the holiday season. It always manages to to enchant me again.
Bound (1996)
This is also a very well-known film. It was the first sapphic movie I watched. I was young still, somewhere in my teens. I remember seeing the movie mentioned in a TV guide, and reading the description, I knew was a movie about two women falling in love. It had an age suggestion of 18+. When I tuned in for the movie and saw the TV presenter introduce the movie, I remember laughing because he said the 18+ label was because of the violent scenes, not for the 'other’ scenes, as they could be ‘educational'.
The movie contains violence, but it also has a happy ending. And the chemistry between Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon is really amazing.
Een Vrouw Als Eva (A Woman Like Eve) (1979)
I think this older Dutch movie has been forgotten a bit nowadays. I don’t know what the general reception of this movie was when it came out, but it must have been revolutionary to have a sapphic romance movie produced in the late seventies. It features Maria Schneider as a lesbian character, and while the movie was made a long time ago, I always found that it was pretty modern in its depiction of the love story.
A Dutch woman visits a local music festival and falls in love with a female singer who performs there (Maria Schneider). The singer lives in a commune of women in France, and pleasantly, apart from Dutch, the movie also contains parts in French and English, as the Dutch woman and Maria Schneider’s character communicate with each other in French and English.
With this movie, a bit like with Carol, I was a bit enchanted by the music featured in it. I think I saw it in my 20s. The fact that it’s in my native language is fun, and it’s actually the only Dutch sapphic romance movie I know of. The story is nice for its time. I think it’s still worth a watch nowadays.
