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September 3, 2014 #250 On the cover: Alfred Molina and John Lithgow in “Love is Strange” (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

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Portrait FILM

An Interview with Filmmaker Ira Sachs by

GreGG Shapiro

a slight slump, o After queer cinema is mak-

you live it in a different way. I always think you ing a strong comeback in make three movies in the 2014. “Love Is Strange” course of making one. (Sony Pictures Classics), You write one movie, you directed and co-written shoot another movie that (with Mauricio Zachayou think is going to be rias) by Ira Sachs, “Love the movie you’re going Is Strange” stars John to make. The last movie Lithgow and Alfred Mois the one you edit and lina as Ben and George, that’s the movie that lives respectively, a gay couple on. I can’t imagine that in New York who have the cast was different at been together for 39 that point in autumn of Ira Sachs years. The film opens on 2012, when we last spoke. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) the joyous occasion of If you do your job right their wedding, surrounded by family and you end up with the only people you can friends. Soon after, the celebration turns imagine playing Ben and George and Kate to tragedy when George, who teaches at a and Joey and the characters in your film. Catholic school, is fired from his job. Faced You’ve given the film over to them in a with dire financial prospects, the couple is certain way. forced to live apart – Ben with his nephew Elliot (Darren Burrows), Elliot’s wife Kate GS: In that previous interview, you (Marisa Tomei) and their teenage son Joey said about “Love Is Strange” that, “It’s (Charlie Tahan) and George with neighbors the first film I’m making about the (and gay cops) Ted (Cheyenne Jackson) and potential for a relationship to blossom Roberto (Manny Rodriguez) – until they over time, instead of destruct. In some are able to find a suitable living situation. ways it’s a projection of what I hope Intimate and poignant, Sachs makes it easy in my relationship now has the potenfor audiences from all walks of life to get tial to grow. That’s something that I involved with these men, their complex think is very new in gay life in many situation and their search for resolution ways – at least for me.” With that in and dignity. I spoke with Sachs about the mind, how much of Ira is in either or film during the summer of 2014. both Ben or George? IS: A lot [laughs]! As well as people that Gregg Shapiro: When I interviewed I’ve been close to that I’ve admired and you about “Keep The Lights On” in have learned from. I think when you adautumn 2012, you mentioned “Love Is mire someone, you try to figure out what Strange.” In what ways did it evolve you’re going to keep of them for yourself. from that time to what it is now? What I love about both Ben and George, Ira Sachs: It’s become something so difand what’s kind of unique in some ways, is ferent when you have these actors and this portrait of these two very humble, who

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of Love at the same time have this extraordinary confidence about who they are. That, for example, was not true of any of my central characters previously. They were not people who knew themselves. Ben and George in a way reflect me because I feel like that that’s where I situate myself. Not that I know everything about myself, but I’m comfortable with who I am in a way that is new. I also hope that I aspire to the kind of passion for life and creativity that Ben has that was inspired for me by a man I knew named Ted Rust. He was a sculptor who died at the age of 99. He was my great-uncle’s partner for 42 years in Memphis. At 98 he was working on his last piece, which was of a young teenager with a backpack. That piece remains unfinished, but he was working on it until nearly the last day of his life. To me, that’s beautiful. GS: That also echoes with the unfinished painting of Vlad in the film. IS: Exactly! There were a couple of things that were influential in the writing of the script. One was the piece that Ted never finished. The other was a case in the Midwest where a man, a choir director for a Catholic high school married his partner and was fired as a result. I take things from real life and try to craft them into something different, something cinematic. GS: I’m glad you mentioned that firing, Ira, because as recently as late July of this year (2014), a music director at a Catholic church in a Chicago suburb was fired for posting something on Facebook about his upcoming wedding to his male partner. It’s an event that echoes, as you said, in “Love Is Strange” when George is fired from the Catholic school where he works. When do you think this will stop being a story that makes the headlines? IS: I was actually in Chicago a few nights ago and the couple who you are speaking of came to the movie. I spent quite a bit of time talking to them afterwards. They were really great men and I enjoyed it a lot. We share with us on guymag.net

were screening a film that mirrored their own experience so much, that the timing was surprising. One thing that I will say about that case that I think is so beautiful in some ways, or at least makes it a larger picture, is this couple went off to Rome. They got engaged and announced it on Facebook. One of them came home and was fired from his job as a choir director at a Catholic school. The other is a Latin teacher for a public high school in Chicago and he came home and all of his students had decorated his classroom with balloons and streamers in celebration. After the man had been fired, there was a town-hall meeting and 700 people showed up. I think civil rights are paved by these incidents that both contain the negative and the positive. They become movements forward even if personally they become challenges in real ways. But they define a changing time. GS: John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, as Ben and George, respectively, are both exceptional in the film. Alfred previously played gay in “Prick Up Your Ears” and John played a trans character in “The World According To Garp.” IS: I would say that none of us approached these roles as “playing gay.” That doesn’t really fit to the characters that they portray. Sexuality and homosexuality and being gay is certainly a part of who they are, but it’s only one of the many adjectives. I think that that’s significant. I don’t think in our lives these days we make quite the separations that we used to in terms of thinking that any one single adjective can define us. I would then say, we’re not so progressive. Read Proust. I think the artist’s job is to make a complex portrait of a human being. GS: On the same token, gay actors are also a presence in the film, including Cheyenne Jackson as Ben and George’s neighbor Ted and Jason Stuart as the wedding officiant. As a gay filmmaker, how important is it for you to have queer performers in your films?

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IS: Yes, it is. I think to deny that there are limitations set on people who are open with their sexuality would be false. Those are not limitations that I want to embrace. I believe that there is a need for creation of subcultures. At the same time, as an artist, that’s not my modus operandi. I’m trying to create portraits of the world as full as possible. Also, my other gig is that I run two arts programs here in New York – Queer Arts Film and Queer Art Mentorship, which are both focused on creating opportunities for openly queer creators, opportunities that are not given by the culture at large. There’s so little economic support that sometimes embracing one’s marginality is empowering.

GS: Two of the actors in the film, Darren Burrows who plays Ben’s nephew Elliot and John Cullum who plays Father Raymond, are former “Northern Exposure” cast members. Was that just coincidental? IS: It was coincidental. I worked with Darren on a film called “Forty Shades of Blue.” He was the male lead with Rip Torn. After I cast Marisa (Tomei as Kate), she saw the film and she was the one who recommended that I cast Darren. I love working with him. He’s an extraordinarily natural performer and he fit right in to this world. To me, what is more significant about John Cullum is not the “Northern Exposure” history, but John Cullum, Adriane Lenox (who plays the principal) and I are all from Memphis, Tennessee. That also was a coincidence, but a nice one. GS: As in “Keep The Lights On,” visual art once again plays an important role in one of your films, with Ben being a painter. Of course, your husband Boris Torres is also a painter. Are any of the paintings in the film done by Boris? IS: Boris painted the work of Ben, the kind of central paintings, the hero paintings that were going to define his talent. He and John worked together for a couple of days in Boris’ studio. John is actually a

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John Lithgow and Alfred Molina in “Love is Strange” (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

painter, but he’s more of a Saturday morning painter. But he has the skills to make it very authentic in the story. We also looked at artists in New York who we loved, who were exceptional, who were not famous necessarily in the broader culture. Artists such as Fairfield Porter and Alice Neel who is a portrait painter that Boris and I love. I think the kind of quiet focus that an artist can have on their own work is empowering. There’s some sort of pride in that that I think is wonderful. The film honors the individual as best it can. I think that’s where the title, “Love Is Strange,” comes from. That for each of us, love, in whatever form it takes, is unique. GS: “Love Is Strange” is getting a warm reception from critics, recently theguymag

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receiving an “A” from “Entertainment Weekly,” and the Oscar buzz has been consistent for the film. What does all of this mean to you? IS: It means people are liking the movie. It means people are responding to it emotionally and that they are enjoying it. This is why people praise a film, because they liked watching it. I’m glad I’m not going backwards in terms of my skills and my voice. I look to someone like Ben, and maybe even more now, someone like John Lithgow, who at 69 has taken on “King Lear.” Next spring, he’s going to be in Edward Albee’s “A Delicate Balance” on Broadway. He’s at one of the primes of his life as an artist, which seems to me wonderful and something to aspire to. share with us on guymag.net

GS: Finally, Ira, as I asked you the last time we spoke, have you started working on or thinking about your next film? IS: Yes, I’m glad to say. Hopefully we’ll be here in two years having this conversation about the next film. Mauricio Zacharias, my co-writer, and I are writing the third of what we consider a trilogy of New York stories. This one is about two boys, 10 and 11, who become best friends, and for various reasons, they take an oath of silence and they stop speaking to their families. It’s a film about relationships and intimacy, gay identity, within the context of modern times. It’s also, once again, about real estate, because it hinges on an eviction. I’m trying to start a new genre, which is the New York real estate movie. theguymag

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A Wet, Wild and Wicked Week

ALIBI’S SOFTBALL AFTER PARTY AND ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

Softball is so much more fun when Jackson, Mark and Justin (center) come out to play and take part in an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (the guy pouring the water is enjoying this way too much)

DRESSED BY COCO CHANEL? Hunters Nightclubs team meets at Alibi’s Softball After Party

WHAT DO YOU CALL A GROUP OF FOUR AT THE MIX? It’s a quartet in harmony: Carol, Ken, Greg and Erich at Guy Magazine’s The Mix, a monthly networking event

LOCATION: INFINITY

Daniel and Jason take a break from selling real estate to enjoy a moment at Inﬁnity Lounge

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SARTORIAL MIX AT DAPUR

Andy and Eddie tried to wow with snazzy shirts but it’s their charming personalities that win friends

WHAT IS GENEMEDICS?

Paul Sullivan at Crunch Gym will tell you all about it

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WICKED BUT NICE

Jennifer McClain (right) and Eric Alsford entertain on Wicked Wednesdays at Bill’s Filling Station

SMART… AND GOODLOOKING TOO!

Staff and crew of SMART Ride and Pride Center get together for an information meeting at Equality Park

ENTER THE MIX!

A BITCHY CELEBRATION

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Avia and Walchan celebrate their two-year anniversary at Lips Bitchy Bingo

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THE WEEK Steve Martin and Martin Short (Courstesy of Spokeo.com)

The Two Martins (Steve and Short), Kings of Leon, and Cowspiracy BY

PATRICK ROBERT

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9/4

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret o This intriguing documentary shows how the meatpacking industry not only treats animals poorly but also destroys the environment. According to the movie, the key to unlocking our environmental concerns is in animal agriculture. The maker of the film, Kip Anderson, was so stunned by what he learned that he actually became a vegan. Cinema Paradiso will hold a screening of the film but only if enough people buy tickets in advance. There will be NO DOOR SALES at the event. Following, there will be a Q&A, an after-party, and a silent auction. 7:30 p.m. Cinema Paradiso. 503 SE Sixth St. Fort Lauderdale. 33301.

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The Wiggles Gaybies rejoice! The international mega-stars The Wiggles will perform for delighted families in the South Florida region. Touring in promoshare with us on guymag.net

tion of their new CD and DVD “Apples and Bananas,” The Wiggles will bring the magic of their television program to the stage so that children can see their heroes live in person. Classic nursery rhymes will be on the repertoire, including heart-stopper “The Wheels on the Bus” and always poignant “This Old Man.” Joining The Wiggles will be Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog, and Henry the Octopus. 6:30 p.m. Coral Springs Center for the Arts. 2855 Coral Springs Drive. Coral Springs. 33065.

Savoy Paul Waaktaar-Savoy’s other band, 1980s staple A-ha, found fame in ubiquitous song (and inventive video) “Take on Me.” His newest Norwegian-American rock band, Savoy, relishes in a more down-to-earth, indie rock style, in contrast to A-Ha’s signature new-wave sounds. Formed in 1994, Savoy consists of Paul, his wife Lauren Savoy, and Frode Unneland. Their music has achieved massive critical success in both their home country of Norway and abroad. They have also had great success touring, sharing the stage with such indie favorites as Phoenix, The Glitch Mob, Pretty Lights, and Chromeo. 8:30 p.m. Revolution Live. 100 SW Third Ave. Fort Lauderdale. 33312. theguymag

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THE WEEK _________________ _________________ Saturday

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Monday

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Kings of Leon

Square Dancing

Despite having to cancel recent concerts so that drummer Nathan Followill could recover from injuries sustained in a bus accident, Kings of Leon are still planning to perform their Southern rock tonight at the Cruzan Amphitheatre. Kings of Leon found critical and commercial success in the mid naughties with their album “Only by the Night” and acclaimed singles “Sex on Fire,” “Use Somebody,” and “Notion.” “Use Somebody” in particular garnered much accolades, including the prestigious Grammy for Record of the Year. Their most recent album “Mechanical Bull” was released in September of 2013. 7:00 p.m. Cruzan Amphitheatre. 601-7 Sansburys Way. West Palm Beach. 33411.

Some things never seem to age: Barbra Streisand, Liberace’s boyfriends, and the art of square dancing. Luckily, the Civic Center in Boynton Beach offers weekly square dancing lessons on Monday nights. For the ill-informed, square dancing is a type of dance in which four couples are arranged in a square. A caller prompts the dancers to perform certain sequences of steps. During the class, the dancers will learn the names of the different movements and attempt to perfect them. 7:30 p.m. Boynton Beach Civic Center. 138 E. Ocean Ave. Boynton Beach.

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Weekly Nude Drawing In honor of their one year anniversary, the Men’s Life Drawing Event has undergone two major changes: it has moved locations to Fat Village, and it’s now weekly. At the new location, two models will be posing simultaneously—one for long poses and one for gesture and short poses. The artists are able to move from one studio to the other. Each studio is fully equipped with professional easels and drawing boards. All levels are welcome. Bring art supplies for drawing, painting, charcoal, pencil, or even watercolor. Guest artists from the community will also be in attendance. 3 p.m. Push Fitness. 1098 NE 45th Street. Oakland Park. 33334. share with us on guymag.net

Tuesday

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Cheese-A-Rama

This hilarious duo from the heyday of “Saturday Night Live” will have “A Very Stupid Conversation” in which they take questions from the crowd, sing, banter, and even play the banjo. Steve Martin began his career writing for “The Smother’s Brother Comedy Hour” before becoming a stand-up sensation in the late 1970s. Martin Short, on the other hand, began working for the famous theatre company Second City before his popular stint on “Saturday Night Live.” The two worked on the cult favorite “The Three Amigos” together back in the 1980s. 8:00 p.m. Hard Rock Live. 5747 Seminole Way. Hollywood.

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New York Grilled Cheese has become a hipster staple on The Drive, combining both delicious, inventive grilled cheese sandwiches with a laid back, modern atmosphere. Tonight, they help raise money for The Smart Ride with the 2nd annual Cheese-A-Rama. Host Misty Eyez will bring the humor while Allden Brown will bring the music. There will be a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle. As an added bonus, all Coca-Cola product sales and twenty percent of all food sales will be donated to The Smart Ride. 7:00 p.m. New York Grilled Cheese. 2207 Wilton Drive. Wilton Manors. 33305.

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Concurrence: Works by Austin Ballard and Kathleen Thum Both Austin Ballard and Kathleen Thum explore the complex systems of macro- and microcosms. Their works share a delicacy and monumentality. Austin is a sculptor who creates abstract works utilizing an amalgam of different materials (including chairs, tables, and branches). Kathleen, on the other hand, uses the traditional painting and drawing medium. Her works are a hybrid of various human physiological systems and man-made manufacturing systems. 9:00 a.m. Broward College Central Campus. 3501 Davie Rd. Davie. 33314.

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Monday

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Kings of Leon

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(Un)American Horror Stories by

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“Only Lovers Left Alive” (Sony Pictures Classics) looks and sounds like what you’d expect a contemporary Jim Jarmusch vampire movie to look and sound like; lots of interesting music and artfully shot scenes. If only it wasn’t so sluggish and overly long. Cleverly named ageless British vampires Adam (Tom Huddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton) have been married forever. There’s a photo of them, from their third wedding in

1868, which Eve admires. Like some longmarried couples (see Dolly Parton and Carl Dean), Adam and Eve live in separate quarters in separate countries. Fittingly, he’s living in a ghost town called Detroit populated by young humans he refers to as zombies. She’s living in Tangier where she hangs out with Christopher Marlowe (John Hurt). Yes, that Christopher Marlowe. Feeding on humans is passé in this day and

“Only Lovers Left Alive” (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

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age, so Marlowe supplies Eve with blood from a French pharmacist connection (a French connection, if you will). Adam gets his from Dr. Watson (Jeffrey Wright) at a hospital. Adam also pursues his music-making passion, paying cash for classic guitars brought to him by Ian (Anton Yelchin). As in all things vampire, a series of changes are afoot. Adam and Eve arrange a rendezvous in Detroit, and just in time, too, since Adam has asked Ian to have wooden bullet (with a brass casing) made for him. Suicidal much? Jarmusch’s modern vamp romp comes off as a cautionary drug tale, and Swinton and Hurt are especially addictive.

“The Quiet Ones” (Lionsgate) is a noisy and unnecessary semi-horror tale inspired by true events in the mid-1970s. Rogue Oxford University prod Joseph (an unwatchable Jared Harris) is obsessed with harnessing the negative energy of psychotic patient Jane (Olivia Cooke), even more so after he loses his funding. Recruiting two students--Harry (Rory Fleck-Byrne) and Krissi (Erin Richards), as well as non-student cameraman Brian (Sam Claflin) to assist in his questionable research, Joseph proceeds undeterred. With casual references to mass-murder, demonic possession and the occult, the hokey “The Quiet” Ones is the kind of horror show that sets the genre back years. Not even gazing at Claflin (Finnick from “The Hunger Games”) can make “The Quiet Ones” worth your time. DVD + Digital Ultraviolet special features include deleted scenes, outtakes, audio commentary and more. Lesbians longing for a 21st century “Claire of the Moon” need look no further than Marina Rice Bader’s noxious “Anatomy of a Love Seen” (Soul Kiss). From the effed-up play on words of the title to the insipid dialogue and plot, it’s hard not to think – “Please let this be an elaborate hoax” – while watching this lascivious lesbian loathe story. Actresses Zoe (Sharon Hinnendael) and Mal (Jill Evyn) have endured immeasurable pain and suffering while filming a love story as Ellie and Jordan for director Kara (Bader). Over the course of making the movie, they fell in and out of love, threatening the entire production. Kara gets the ex-lovebirds to return to the set on the pretense of finishing filming a crucial love scene. The combination of the woo-woo prayers of Kara’s new-age zombie assistant Anne (Constance Brenneman), the actor-speak, the tears and hyperventilating, the saccharine score, and the rote recovery recitations, this “Love” not only dare not utter its name, it doesn’t deserve to be “Seen.” Consider this review an open letter to director Marina Rice Bader to simply say, we already have one Nicole Conn, we don’t need another. For the love of lesbians, please stop immediately! (“Anatomy of a Love Story” is available for viewing on demand at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/anatomyofaloveseen.)

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TRAVEL

Barcelona, Spain Lose Your Heart and Your Way By RoBeRt elias Deaton

It’s not often you arrive in a city hoping to get lost. But such is the charm of Barcelona that the twisting streets, the amazing architecture, and the overtly friendly people beckon you to wander and discover unexpected treasures around nearly every corner. Since often the locals will be just as lost

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as you are, it’s little wonder that Barcelona is a city that doesn’t run on a strict timetable. Everything skews late here, including dinner, which is typically eaten around 10 p.m.—most likely because it will take you that long to find your restaurant of choice. But we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here.

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Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain. It stretches along the Mediterranean Coast between the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and is best known for its architecture, much of which was designed by Antonio Gaudí, whose most famous design, the Sagrada Família (Calle Mallorca 401), dominates the city as its most visited tourist destination. Begun in 1882, the project was placed in Gaudi’s hands a year later, and construction on the Catholic Church continues to this day. Estimates are that it is a little over half finished, with a new completion date estimated to be 2026—the hundredth anniversary of Gaudí’s death. Gaudí’s trademark colorfully tiled, curved

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