Director: David Moreton. Screenplay: Todd Stephens. Rated R, 99 minutes. Small Town Boy by Michael D. Klemm Posted online, May I'm going to say this right upfront. Edge Of Seventeen is one of my all-time favorite gay films. One of the pitfalls that I've found, while writing about queer cinema history, is the sad realization that a film that I thought was so groundbreaking a decade ago sometimes has aged as badly as Thunderbird wine.
Allowances can be made but not always. I recently revisited Edge Of Seventeen and found that it holds up beautifully. Rod Andersen Gabrych is a year older than Eric and is all set to start college in the fall.
Rod's gay-dar goes off as soon as he sees Eric and he begins to flirt with him big time. Joining him at lunch, he asks Eric if Maggie is his girl friend. When he answers, ambiguously, "No, not really I don't know," Rod grins and says his ex-girl friend's name is Donny. Eric spills his drink and makes a hasty exit stage left.
It's time to be dazed and confused. I once wrote that I never wanted to see another coming out story as long as I lived. That was during a time when almost all queer films were coming out stories and I wanted to see another topic - any topic - addressed on the lavender screen.
But, as you can see, not all of them are bad and Edge Of Seventeen ranks amongst the best. More On David Moreton Testosterone. Tina Holmes also appears in: Shelter. Klemm Posted online, May I'm going to say this right upfront.
The setting is Sandusky, Ohio in Eric Chris Stafford and his best friend, Maggie Tina Holmes are on their way to a summer job at an amusement park. A camera pan through Eric's bedroom Annie Lennox posters on the wall, a statue of Mae West, a picture of Billy Idol has already established that we have a budding rebel queer teen on our hands. That, and he hates his uniform "I look like Brown plaid? Meanwhile, the summer is passing by and Eric is missing the ride of his life. Eric and Rod continue exchanging looks while washing dishes.
Horseplay with Rod and a can of whipped cream in a storeroom almost results in their first kiss but they are interrupted when the door suddenly opens and Maggie walks in. At a party that Angie throws for her workers, a drunken Maggie falls on top of Eric and starts making out with him while Rod - who is sitting next to them on couch - takes advantage of the situation and slips his hand down Eric's pants. The look on Eric's face, after he realizes what just happened, is priceless.
Finishing their last day on the job, Rod finally makes his move "Hey little boy You wanna get out of here? Say good-bye? Once Eric's embarrassed giggling finally stops, Rod begins to undress his new acolyte. The frightened little boy quickly becomes a man and this is one of the most romantic - and hottest - scenes of young love ever filmed.
Rod goes off to college and Eric begins his senior year. His experience with Rod, which he keeps to himself, has removed his inhibitions. Release date April 20, Australia.
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