Querelle (1982)

For our MOVIES ARE GAY theme this month we’re hitting up some extra Fassbinder just like Fassbinder himself hit up those extra party favors. We’re actually discussing Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film before he left us too soon at the age of 37. His 1982 film “QUERELLE” is adapted from the Jean Genet novel “Querelle in Brest” starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero and many more. A bisexual sailor in Brest, Querelle, kills a man over an opium deal. Querelle also gets railed by the man married to the woman his brother is fucking. He will also later fuck that woman. Everyone is pretty much gay in this movie except for, maybe, Lysiane who runs the bar. There’s a gay ship Lieutenant who records his poetic lusts for Querelle and the other sailors. Even the buildings are gay. Querelle shares murderous kinship with a fellow who stabbed his bully and this guy really looks a lot like Querelle’s brother. Seems like Querelle can pass some blame onto a poor sad gay sucker. Love won’t stop Querelle from being a dirtbag. Querelle’s gonna Querelle. My grandma used to say that when she would watch gay porn in the living room. We found this link to the movie with Spanish subtitles: https://archive.org/details/QuerelleRainerWernerFassbinder

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