Buenos Aires draws you in, pulling your eye forward, its streets resembling that most beautiful of cities, Paris. Rebuilt in Hausmann fashion for the country’s 1910 Centennial, Argentina’s capital is lined with grand boulevards, gilded marble beaux-arts confections and plazas centered around monuments, including the iconic Obelisco.
Naturally, a city hyperfocused on aesthetics produces filmmakers, including director Marco Berger, a native Porteño, as locals from this Rio de la Plata port city call themselves. Berger is a prolific director, releasing feature films like Ausente, Taekwondo, and Un Rubio, among many others. Plus, he has more in the works: The Astronaut Lovers will be released this summer and premiere internationally at the Guadalajara Film Festival, Perro Perro is in post-production, and En El Bosque is now filming.
Berger’s films are marked by their intense yet furtive longing. Simmering, frightened glances men give when they are still exploring their sexuality, unsure of themselves and everyone around them. Crotch shots and homoerotic encounters. They’re also notably rooted in greater Buenos Aires: sleepy suburbs and rural exurbs, including the remote watery grass island paradise Tigre and the lonely Pampas stretching beyond the metropolis.
When asked what makes the city such a draw for gays in Argentina and from around the world, Berger says, “Buenos Aires has always been a city that is very modern. Throughout its history it is also one that has had an appearance much like Europe. It is also a place that historically has been a center for many Italians, Spaniards. This lends a sense of a diversity of classes, a culture that is wider, more open, more diverse, and this has helped over time to convert it into a city that is more modern, built from these remnants.” For LGBTQ people in particular, Berger says, “This has also made it into one of the most accepting cities of the gay world.”
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Publish date : 2024-06-17 12:22:33
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