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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 407416" data-attributes="member: 23">A... hequel, if you will. Since you mentioned it, a few previously-watched films have sprung to mind, then I&#039;ve found myself questioning if they&#039;re gay films or just films which happen to be about gay people. For instance, I&#039;m still deciding if Prick Up Your Ears qualifies (I&#039;m feeling more and more certain it does), and likewise Rope (I don&#039;t think it does, but an argument could be made). Oh, that rings bells. Thanks for the refresher. And this probably explains why he remained familiar to me for this one smaller role. As I watched the film, I found myself wondering why Gordon hadn&#039;t had the level of high profile success enjoyed by Daniel when they both gave great performances. You&#039;ve pinpointed exactly why. It&#039;s screamingly obvious now you mention it, but didn&#039;t even occurred to me as I puzzled over it. Understandably. The stars definitely seem to have been an alignment, but it&#039;s impressive that he was bold enough to make such choices at an early stage of his screen career. Whenever I see his name, I always think of My Left Foot which I&#039;ve never seen but remember was acclaimed at the time for his performance (I actually found the buzz a bit off-putting at the time, but would certainly like to check it out now that the hubbub has long since died down). A Room With A View is a very familiar title but, again, a film that&#039;s eluded me. Now I&#039;d be interested in watching to see his performance there (as well as the performance that could have been with the lead).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 407416, member: 23"] A... [B]he[/B]quel, if you will. Since you mentioned it, a few previously-watched films have sprung to mind, then I've found myself questioning if they're gay films or just films which happen to be about gay people. For instance, I'm still deciding if [I]Prick Up Your Ears[/I] qualifies (I'm feeling more and more certain it does), and likewise [I]Rope[/I] (I don't think it does, but an argument could be made). Oh, that rings bells. Thanks for the refresher. And this probably explains why he remained familiar to me for this one smaller role. As I watched the film, I found myself wondering why Gordon hadn't had the level of high profile success enjoyed by Daniel when they both gave great performances. You've pinpointed exactly why. It's screamingly obvious now you mention it, but didn't even occurred to me as I puzzled over it. Understandably. The stars definitely seem to have been an alignment, but it's impressive that he was bold enough to make such choices at an early stage of his screen career. Whenever I see his name, I always think of [I]My Left Foot[/I] which I've never seen but remember was acclaimed at the time for his performance (I actually found the buzz a bit off-putting at the time, but would certainly like to check it out now that the hubbub has long since died down).[I] A Room With A View[/I] is a very familiar title but, again, a film that's eluded me. Now I'd be interested in watching to see his performance there (as well as the performance that could have been with the lead). [/QUOTE]

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