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New York is not an unanimity! That's for sure! A movie about the city has to follow the same guidelines. You either love or hate it! Whomever comes to meet the city, makes one's own mind about it. "Blue in the face" is sarcastic, funny, rude and spontaneous. Just like the big apple! Sometimes it looks more like a documentary, with people talking loosely about all kinds of issues, from Ebett's Field to cigarettes. But always with the same Brooklinesque way of living, so peculiar and yet so universal. If you like NY, gotta watch the movie! If you don't, I am sorry!

Once again, Australian movie makers reach the top. Following the tradition of "Muriel's Wedding", we can make fun of our own miseries as human beings. Three gaymen meeting the wilderness of the Australian desert and its people, finding themselves as humans. Three different backgrounds, having to cope with their idiosyncrasies, to survive. Having to cope with an homophobic society, and yet finding love and understanding within it. It's the triumph of laughter over bitterness. With every possible reason to be bitter, they choose to laugh and conquer the hearts and minds of both the spectator and the desert people. You can go from laughter to tears, and in both cases you'll enjoy every moment. Add to a great plot, an astonishing cast, and a "must have" sound track. That's "Priscilla"!

It's a movie that keeps the mind moving for a long time! It has a touch of sensibility in dealing with a very difficult subject, death and love. Without being corny or overly shocking, it brings to mind discussions about individuality, tolerance and distinct faces and approaches to love. One is caught by surprise not by the facts themselves, but by the viewers own reactions to them. We find ourselves being sympathetic to people who would be "weirdos" if taken out of the context. We wonder about life and death, and it's borders. All the feelings that may arise at this "gray zone" that we call "dying". Necrophilia is a strong word, but in this case, death is the only way to achieve love. We are not told during the whole movie why does a beautiful woman become a necrophiliac, but we certainly do believe that she could be. And we are sympathetic to her and her lover, which is even more compelling. Canada keeps giving us good surprises, off the mainstream.