With a title that translates as Neighbourhood of Ill Repute, and featuring a bisexual love triangle, the 1971 film wowed festivals – before disappearing without trace. Now it’s been rediscovered – by accident
Nobody used the phrase “having a moment” back in 1971. Had they done, it could have been applied without contradiction to developments in queer cinema. It was four years after the Sexual Offences Act 1967 had partially decriminalised sex between consenting men over 21 in England and Wales, and two years after the Stonewall uprising in New York City. Queer desire was everywhere: in Sunday Bloody Sunday, Death in Venice, Pink Narcissus, the trans classic Women in Revolt, the lesbian horror Daughters of Darkness, the gay porn landmark Boys in the Sand and Rosa von Praunheim’s droll and provocative It Is Not the Homosexual Who is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives. Fassbinder, who could cough out movies in his sleep,...
Nobody used the phrase “having a moment” back in 1971. Had they done, it could have been applied without contradiction to developments in queer cinema. It was four years after the Sexual Offences Act 1967 had partially decriminalised sex between consenting men over 21 in England and Wales, and two years after the Stonewall uprising in New York City. Queer desire was everywhere: in Sunday Bloody Sunday, Death in Venice, Pink Narcissus, the trans classic Women in Revolt, the lesbian horror Daughters of Darkness, the gay porn landmark Boys in the Sand and Rosa von Praunheim’s droll and provocative It Is Not the Homosexual Who is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives. Fassbinder, who could cough out movies in his sleep,...
- 12/10/2024
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
New Delhi, Feb 23 (Ians) India Inc is likely to provide a salary hike of 7.7 per cent in 2021, indicating a strong economic recovery, said a survey on Tuesday.
The study by global professional services firm Aon analysed data across 1,200 companies from more than 20 industries.
About 88 percent of the surveyed companies reported that they intend to increase salaries in 2021, reflecting positive business sentiment.
"We expect the increment dynamics for 2021 to play out over a longer period of time given the uncertainty and potential impact of forthcoming changes," Nitin Sethi, Partner and CEO of Aon's performance and rewards business in India, said in a statement.
Despite a tough 2020 with stringent lockdowns, India continues to project the highest salary increases among the Bric nations, said the report.
The highest-paying sectors in 2021 continue to be the ones from last year - information technology, information technology enabled services, life sciences, e-commerce and fast-moving consumer goods, according to Roopank Chaudhary,...
The study by global professional services firm Aon analysed data across 1,200 companies from more than 20 industries.
About 88 percent of the surveyed companies reported that they intend to increase salaries in 2021, reflecting positive business sentiment.
"We expect the increment dynamics for 2021 to play out over a longer period of time given the uncertainty and potential impact of forthcoming changes," Nitin Sethi, Partner and CEO of Aon's performance and rewards business in India, said in a statement.
Despite a tough 2020 with stringent lockdowns, India continues to project the highest salary increases among the Bric nations, said the report.
The highest-paying sectors in 2021 continue to be the ones from last year - information technology, information technology enabled services, life sciences, e-commerce and fast-moving consumer goods, according to Roopank Chaudhary,...
- 2/23/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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