(First of all: Can we have a separate thread about TV series? There are *so* many good period series.)
My favorite period movies:
"Lawrence of Arabia." WWI. Includes an English & Arab male friendship plotline. Achingly beautiful cinematography and soundtrack.
"Gallipoli." Australian, WWI. Just about killed my heart when I first saw it as a college student.
"The Railway Children." 1970 version, although the darker 2000 version is worth watching too. (The actor playing the eldest girl in the 1970 version plays the mother in the 2000 version.) Middle-class English children suddenly turn poor, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Lots of steam locomotives.
"Maurice." Early-twentieth-century English young men fall in love with each other, then must deal with homophobia. One of the many Merchant-Ivory historical dramas that is worth watching.
"Victor/Victoria." Gay/trans comedy set in 1930s Paris. Stars Julie Andrews as a drag queen. Yes, you read that right.
"Lilies." Obscure but award-winning French-Canadian film about a group of Quebecois prisoners who force a bishop to watch them act out a tale about a 1910s gay romance. All the parts, including the female characters, are played by men. Gets just as surreal as you'd imagine.
"Race for the Double Helix" (aka "Double Helix" aka "Life Story"). About the discovery of DNA. Both dramatic and funny, with a wonderful performance by Jeff Goldblum and a really good depiction of the female scientist who was later publicly disparaged by the men who owed their fame to her hard work.
"Much Ado about Nothing." 1993 version. Stars Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. 'Nuff said.
"Titanic." 1997 version. Okay, yeah - abounds with anachronistic behavior. But how many ship disaster movies can you see where they filmed it by sinking an actual ship?
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My favorite period movies:
"Lawrence of Arabia." WWI. Includes an English & Arab male friendship plotline. Achingly beautiful cinematography and soundtrack.
"Gallipoli." Australian, WWI. Just about killed my heart when I first saw it as a college student.
"The Railway Children." 1970 version, although the darker 2000 version is worth watching too. (The actor playing the eldest girl in the 1970 version plays the mother in the 2000 version.) Middle-class English children suddenly turn poor, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Lots of steam locomotives.
"Maurice." Early-twentieth-century English young men fall in love with each other, then must deal with homophobia. One of the many Merchant-Ivory historical dramas that is worth watching.
"Victor/Victoria." Gay/trans comedy set in 1930s Paris. Stars Julie Andrews as a drag queen. Yes, you read that right.
"Lilies." Obscure but award-winning French-Canadian film about a group of Quebecois prisoners who force a bishop to watch them act out a tale about a 1910s gay romance. All the parts, including the female characters, are played by men. Gets just as surreal as you'd imagine.
"Race for the Double Helix" (aka "Double Helix" aka "Life Story"). About the discovery of DNA. Both dramatic and funny, with a wonderful performance by Jeff Goldblum and a really good depiction of the female scientist who was later publicly disparaged by the men who owed their fame to her hard work.
"Much Ado about Nothing." 1993 version. Stars Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. 'Nuff said.
"Titanic." 1997 version. Okay, yeah - abounds with anachronistic behavior. But how many ship disaster movies can you see where they filmed it by sinking an actual ship?