Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

[Diable Rouge]

A prime example being Scarlett Johanssen and Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, as it occurs for no apparent reason (ironically, it would have made sense with the other female character), and you're just left with the seedy impression of Woody as an old perv leching after nubile actresses.

[diabloinglés]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Yep, that's why I enjoyed the film!

[diabloinglés]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

That and the fact that it was the first film I've seen with Penelope Cruz in which she didn't annoy the shit out of me...

[Stumpy Pepys]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Most of Hammer's early-to-mid 70s output.

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Well, it's legitimate in The Vampire Lovers, what with it being based on Carmilla, and all.

[Bored Of Education]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

That and the fact that it was the first film I've seen with Penelope Cruz in which she didn't annoy the shit out of me

That's funny, I was thinking that it was the only reason anyone has come up with for me to see another film with Scarlett Johannsen in, especially a Woody Allen one

[MsD]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Not quite the same thing, but the latest ITV Marple series did seem to be chock full of lesbians. Any Christie character who was a Miss seemed to be stomping around smoking a pipe, or was the girly companion of a gruffly protective woman who stomped around smoking a pipe, and at least one plot was altered to make lesbianism central, which it wasn't in the books.

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Lesbianism Central sounds like a railway station. I'm guessing it'd either be in Rye or in Hebden Bridge. Or maybe Vauxhall, what with the Vauxhall Tavern being so close.

[MsD]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Hurrr.

To add .. Although I think Christie did hint at a few lesbian characters, I think it's a mistake, historically, to assume a lot of spinsters and nuns were lesbians - of course, some would have been, but there was also a surplus of women after WW1.

It's a bugbear, generally, that people superimpose modern sexual behaviour on previous generations - many homosexual people wouldn't have acted on their desires, because of the taboo.

Anyway, Carry On with the lesbians in cinema. I think The Hunger might be a candidate.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

MsD wrote:

Carry On with the lesbians in cinema.

Which reminds me; throwing some lesbians into the plot is a particular characteristic of early 70s British cinema.

I'm surprised the Carry On films — at the time when they were really scraping the barrel (Behind, England, Emannuelle) – never chose this tack.

[Wyatt Earp]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

The next train is for Lesbianism Central, calling at Metrosexual Junction, Bicurious, Sapphic Leanings (for Park and Ride) and Lesbianism Central. Change at Lesbianism Central for all stations to Separatist-Feminist International.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Clam Junction?

[ursus arctos]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Wymynstow Central

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Newport Pagwell of Loneliness

[MsD]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

There will be an occasional service via Hubbie's Birthday Threeway, stopping for a while at Tearful Recriminations before rejoining the mainline to Uncompromising Heterosexuality.

[Lucia Lanigan]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

The Hunger's a good call, although I suppose that opening scene with Bauhaus is equally pointless. It's a good daft film.

I'm in two minds about the lez-up in Mulholland Drive.

[laverte]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

I recommend reserving a couchette on the night train, awakening somewhere between the Ladies' View and the Discreet Pass.

The mainline has long been electrified, but the service to Separatist-Feminist International is still mostly diesel.

[Bored Of Education]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

No station at Offa's Dyke.

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Funny word, "lesbianism". The '-ism' makes it sound more like adherence to a philosophy, rather than a state of being.

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

(yet another day spent thinking about lesbians when I really ought to be working)

[Tubby Isaacs]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Mulholland Drive.

I didn't get a lot of the film, but I got that bit.

[Renart]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

The Japanese have an excellent term for this sort of thing: "fan service."

Because let's face it, sexy scenes might be pointless as far as plot development goes, but they're not put into movies for no reason at all.

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Thing is, without the lezzy bits in Mulholland Drive there isn't really any story or any film, y'know?

[Purves Grundy]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

laverte wrote:

The mainline has long been electrified, but the service to Separatist-Feminist International is still mostly diesel.

This is very good, by the way.

[Wyatt Earp]

Pointless lesbian scenes in cinema

Purves Grundy wrote:

laverte wrote:

The mainline has long been electrified, but the service to Separatist-Feminist International is still mostly diesel.

This is very good, by the way.

Yes, isn't it? She's bloody good, laverte, I've said this before.