Remember That Wild Queer Thriller? A New Doc Is Talking All About It!
- What’s Inside:
- The complicated story behind William Friedkin’s “Cruising”.
- Why the queer community had issues with it.
- How it’s seen differently now.
You guys, we just stumbled onto something super interesting. There’s a new documentary out called ‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders.’ It’s all about William Friedkin’s old movie, ‘Cruising,’ from 1980. You know, the one that was a total thriller but also kinda spooky and definitely for adults?
This movie is a real head-scratcher. Back in the day, the queer community was NOT happy with it. They felt it didn’t represent them right. Imagine making a movie about a scene and then the people in that scene hate it. Ouch.
But now? Things have kinda flipped. People are looking at ‘Cruising’ again and seeing it as a rare peek into a part of gay life that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s like a time capsule, but a dark, mysterious one.
The documentary is digging into all of this. It’s not just about the movie itself, but the *vibes* and the whole controversy around it. We’re talking about the gritty, shadowy aesthetic of 70s/80s New York that the film captured, for better or worse.
Our Take
We think it’s awesome that this documentary is shining a light on such a complicated piece of film history. It’s a reminder that movies can spark big conversations, and sometimes, opinions change over time. It makes us think about how art is always being reinterpreted, right? It’s like how we still talk about old art pieces and find new meanings in them. Makes us wonder what other old movies have stories like this behind them!
