more Pt cinema

(One of the best things of going to Lisbon on holiday is the ability to spend a small fortune in cultural pearls at Fnac Chiado)

O Fantasma [Phantom]
Saw this in the theatres when it was released in 2000. Film shock of the Portuguese cinema.
[At least I found shocking to see a long explicit blowjob in a movie theatre]
I didn't like it then and want to see it again from a different perspective. When I saw it I thought of it to be another very arty farty wanky Portuguese film - a lot of concept not too much content - "Poor guys is looking for love and then he turns into a latex wearer and ends up in a waste field". Very typical Portuguese feeling of never finding whay you're looking for which you don't know what it is so you will never find it.

It is a very difficult subject but as a starting point the aesthetics that the director has put into the movie are very interesting. It has some of the most beautiful erotic (explicit sex) scenes I have seen in cinema.

João Pedro Rodrigues' new movie Odete has just premiered in Portugal and France. Maybe it will reach London this year [it will probably get a premiere at the 2006 LGLFF (London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival].