《The Gay Marriage Thing》是由Stephanie Higgins執導的電影。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Gay Marriage Thing
- 製片地區：美國
- 導演：Stephanie Higgins
- 上映時間：2005年6月11日
- 類型：紀錄片
- 語言：英語
- imdb編碼：tt0814117
劇情簡介,職員表,
劇情簡介
Lorre and Gayle were heartbroken when they learned their two great-aunts - sisters who'd lived together their entire 80+ years - were on the verge of losing their 1850's home because it was too big a burden to care for anymore. "Having to leave your home just because you're older?" Lorre asks. "After living there 60 years?" Gayle adds. "Unfair," they agree. So they did something about it. Lorre and Gayle broke their apartment rental lease and moved in with a very grateful Gertrude and Germaine, to be financial, emotional and physical caregivers for their elderly aunts. "We were the Golden Girls for a while there, and we still call ourselves that, even though we lost Auntie Gert last year," Lorre adds. "But Auntie Germaine is still feisty and we do for her because that's what we've both been taught. You take care of family." With that, the first few moments of THE GAY MARRIAGE THING paint a picture of what it means to be a family. Gayle and Lorre, thirtysomething college sweethearts who marked their 15th anniversary a year after the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, form the heart of this documentary scrapbook. From the protests outside the Massachusetts State House, to the churches of the Reverends Rich Wiesenbach and Carlton Smith, to the historic chambers echoing State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein's perspective, and to how all of these voices swirl in the air around Gayle and Lorre as they approach May 17, 2004, the first date same-sex couples could file for marriage licenses in Massachusetts. While eavesdropping on the emotional and spiritual toll this issue has taken upon all parties, the story carries forth to the everyday angst and anticipation of Lorre and Gayle's own wedding. THE GAY MARRIAGE THING is not some historical commentary on gay rights in the United States. It is instead a small story with big implications. By focusing on one suburban couple and the multitude of events that directly affect that couple's otherwise average life, THE GAY MARRIAGE THING strives to show a different side of this issue than documentaries or television newscasts have thus far. This tale is cinematic in its storytelling, rather than journalistic in its reporting. There are plenty of other worthy documentaries where "experts" abound. But this film is about the biggest experts of all, real people. With protesters and their colorful signs serving as a Greek chorus, and an array of opinions from church, state, and everyone in between, this is the film that family members can finally watch together. THE GAY MARRIAGE THING is the documentary that opens dialogue, fully expecting the audience to continue it.
羅爾和蓋爾得知他們的兩位姑姑——她們在一起生活了80多年的姐妹——即將失去1850年的家，因為這是一個無法再照顧的沉重負擔，他們感到心碎。“僅僅因為你年紀大了就不得不離開家？”羅爾問道。蓋爾補充道：“在那裡生活了60年後？”。“不公平，”他們同意。所以他們做了些什麼。洛爾和蓋爾打破了他們的公寓租賃租約，搬進了格特魯德和傑曼的家，他們非常感激他們，為年邁的阿姨提供經濟、情感和身體上的照顧。洛爾補充道：“我們曾一度是黃金女郎，儘管去年我們失去了格特阿姨，但我們仍然這樣稱呼自己。”。“但是傑曼阿姨仍然精力充沛，我們為她做了些什麼，因為這是我們都被教導過的。你要照顧家庭。”說完，同性婚姻的最初幾刻描繪了一幅關於家庭意義的畫面。蓋爾和羅爾，三十多歲的大學戀人，在麻薩諸塞州最高法院裁定禁止同性婚姻違憲一年後慶祝了他們的15周年紀念日，構成了這部紀錄片剪貼簿的核心。從麻薩諸塞州眾議院外的抗議活動，到里奇·維森巴赫牧師和卡爾頓·史密斯牧師的教堂，到與州代表凱西·安妮·萊因斯坦觀點相呼應的歷史性會議廳，再到2004年5月17日臨近時蓋爾和羅爾周圍的空氣中如何迴蕩著所有這些聲音，第一次約會同性伴侶可以在麻薩諸塞州申請結婚證。當竊聽這件事對各方造成的情感和精神損失時，這個故事卻引發了每天對羅爾和蓋爾自己婚禮的焦慮和期待。同性戀婚姻事件並不是關於美國同性戀權利的歷史評論。相反，這是一個具有重大影響的小故事。通過關注一對郊區夫婦以及直接影響這對夫婦平均生活的眾多事件，《同性婚姻事件》力求展現出與紀錄片或電視新聞節目迄今為止不同的這一問題的另一面。這個故事的故事情節是電影化的，而不是新聞性的。還有很多其他有價值的紀錄片，其中“專家”比比皆是。但這部電影是關於所有人中最大的專家，真實的人。抗議者和他們五顏六色的標語充當希臘合唱團，來自教堂、州政府和其間的每個人的一系列意見，這是一部家庭成員終於可以一起觀看的電影。《同性婚姻事件》是一部開啟對話的紀錄片，完全期待觀眾繼續。
職員表
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