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| Gay Themed Features from Lazy Frog click on frog to return or image to buy / add to your wishlist |
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| REVIEW - SWOON The scandalous 1924 murder trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for the inexplicable murder of a young boy is given a slightly tilted, definitely New Queer Cinema treatment in this intriguing feature. Lovers Leopold and Loeb, both intelligent college students from wealthy Jewish families, get their visceral and sexual kicks in petty crimes. Their intense but perverted love culminates in a bungled scheme to kidnap a boy, resulting in the boy's cold-blooded killing. The two are eventually tracked down, arrested, tried and sentenced. Director Kalin's interest lies less in the horrendous act and more with their secretive, intense and self-destructive relationship. A controversial, compelling story. |
