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This weekend's poker game featured a Tarantino film festival. His work output is... not always consistent, he pushes the bounds of taste, and he's not the most skilled of actors, but he knows his movies and he can write some great dialogue and scenes. "Reservoir Dogs" is still one of my favorite films.
Anyway - I bring this up, because Tarantino put forward one of the most entertaining Slash-arguments I've ever come across:
In the 1994 film "Sleep With Me", Sid (Quentin Tarantino) discusses how "Top Gun" is a brilliantly subversive metaphor for a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It's a parody of the overly analytical fan applying a possibly outlandish agenda to a film. And of the obnoxious party guest whose rant takes over the room. Wow. Who knew I'd love a scene like that?
I'm fairly certain that's not what "Top Gun" is supposed to be about, and I don't really see "Top Gun" through that lens. But taken within its own terms, Tarantino's argument is actually pretty sound. And, it's also really funny. Props to Quentin.
"Sleep with Me" is a spotty and inconsistent movie, with too many cooks stirring the pot, but it has its moments. If you like Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, and Craig Sheffer, it's something to watch on an uneventful weekend.
Anyway - I bring this up, because Tarantino put forward one of the most entertaining Slash-arguments I've ever come across:
In the 1994 film "Sleep With Me", Sid (Quentin Tarantino) discusses how "Top Gun" is a brilliantly subversive metaphor for a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It's a parody of the overly analytical fan applying a possibly outlandish agenda to a film. And of the obnoxious party guest whose rant takes over the room. Wow. Who knew I'd love a scene like that?
I'm fairly certain that's not what "Top Gun" is supposed to be about, and I don't really see "Top Gun" through that lens. But taken within its own terms, Tarantino's argument is actually pretty sound. And, it's also really funny. Props to Quentin.
"Sleep with Me" is a spotty and inconsistent movie, with too many cooks stirring the pot, but it has its moments. If you like Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, and Craig Sheffer, it's something to watch on an uneventful weekend.
