Avoidance & Acceptance in PARTING GLANCES | A Story of Love and AIDS in 1980s New York

Parting Glances in a 1986 film written and directed by Bill Sherwood, starring Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, and Kathy Kinney. The story takes place during a 24-hour period following three main characters and their relationships with each other as one is preparing to leave for Africa for the next two years and another is living with AIDS.
I will be providing a synopsis of the movie, a bit of background, some historical and cultural context, and an analysis.
Breakdown:
00:00 About the film
01:29 A brief synopsis
07:25 AIDS in the mid-1980s
10:49 An analysis of Nick
19:20 The Commendatore
21:53 "Hold up your arm and point"
24:58 Impact and legacy
27:05 Final word
Source links:
Art and Culture in 1980s New York
maddoxgallery.com/news/183-wh...
Don Giovanni and Mozart’s Commendatore
thelistenersclub.com/2020/10/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Gio...
galaxymusicnotes.com/pages/th...
Bill Sherwood interview
• Parting Glances Direct...
Original reviews
www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
www.nytimes.com/1986/02/19/mo...
www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...
Indie review
www.popmatters.com/parting-gl...
www.cinemaqueer.com/review%20...
Interviews and write-ups by fans
www.kennethinthe212.com/2007/0...
www.boyculture.com/boy_cultur...
HIV/AIDS Timeline
www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overvi...
npin.cdc.gov/pages/hiv-and-ai...
More on AIDS
www.nyu.edu/about/news-public...
www.history.com/news/aids-epi...
www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348...
• Reagan Administration'...
• 101 Faces of AIDS Exhi...
Steve Buscemi interview
www.laweekly.com/steve-buscem...
Interview with the four lead actors
• STEVE BUSCEMI and KATH...
Gay Cinema Timeline
stacker.com/stories/4331/hist...

[@antoniogarrett1176]

Classic!

[@jaysharpESQ]

Thanks. I just found out about this film and watched it tonight. I'm amazed at all the insight and little things I missed ... Obviously I was somewhat dismayed by the low budget look and clearly it affected my preconceptions. Dare I say I must have been unwittingly unknowingly prejudiced without realizing it Having been born in 1981 I was very aware growing up in the climate of what the US and HIV/Aids gay plague/gay cancer wS like... Oh brother a lot of the cinematic devices and quirks and nods and characters intentions...and i guesss eveb what peioke today would call "easter eggs" are founs in the film Anyway I'm a huge fan of Steve Buscemi and I'm very impressed and amazed that you spend a year working on this but it's a great video thank you for the efforts. Also one final thing, This could be due to the fact that my favorite genre is documentaries But I actually found your video clip on KZbin here to be more entertaining and interesting than the film itself Which is the side really did enjoy the film and see it as historically relevant and important BB Yet I absolutely loved this video and you made

[@editionsofyou]

Thank you for your comment! The low quality can definitely be distracting - I really liked it on the first watch, but I think for that reason it took me a few additional watches to really pick up on everything and appreciate it more. Steve Buscemi is also a favorite of mine - it's really cool to see how he started out. I'm glad you appreciated the video!