Two documentaries by Mark Rappaport reach DVD in the UK for the first time with the Bounty Films’ releases of Rock Hudson’s Home Movies & The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender.
The first, Rock Hudson’s Home Movies, is something of an experiment from Rappaport, as he creates a collage of clips from Rock Hudson’s cinematic output with actor Eric Farr as Rock Hudson providing narration for the clips speaking in something approaching the first person. This quasi-documentary approach is an interesting one to watch but it is nowhere near as successful in practice as it needs to be.
Whilst the form letting the content down could be just a minor problem, the weak content results in the form actually failing to bring life to the highly disappointing content. Rappaport’s discussion piece surrounding the duality in Hudson’s on screen heterosexual roles and his off screen homosexual life...
The first, Rock Hudson’s Home Movies, is something of an experiment from Rappaport, as he creates a collage of clips from Rock Hudson’s cinematic output with actor Eric Farr as Rock Hudson providing narration for the clips speaking in something approaching the first person. This quasi-documentary approach is an interesting one to watch but it is nowhere near as successful in practice as it needs to be.
Whilst the form letting the content down could be just a minor problem, the weak content results in the form actually failing to bring life to the highly disappointing content. Rappaport’s discussion piece surrounding the duality in Hudson’s on screen heterosexual roles and his off screen homosexual life...
- 7/18/2011
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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